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There is no there there. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

I said 'well, I'll kiss her twice, you see? We'll come around, I'll kiss her, and if you put a little more track down for the camera, then I'll put my tongue down her throat and you'll get what you want'. He said 'You think so?' ↗

— Rod Steiger

#camera #come #down #get #her

Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich. ↗

— Ben Stein

#being #condemned #eu #glee #israel

Only after awhile. After it came out and people began to engage in discussions about the social reflections of the film that I realized it had an importance I hadn't thought of. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#after #awhile #began #came #discussions

I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money. ↗

— Ben Stein

#best #got #grades #i #into

I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God. ↗

— Ben Stein

#devolved #god #history #i #mankind

The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961. ↗

— Ben Stein

#american #as far as #average #capabilities #compared

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. ↗

— Ben Stein

#advancement #fertile #grows #life #personal

Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement. ↗

— Ben Stein

#alert #am #around #calmer #concentrate

The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly. ↗

— Ben Stein

#banks #burned #good #good times #got