American - Actor | November 25, 1944 -
I have a great pic of my father and Rev. Graham laughing hysterically at some joke with George Pratt Shultz looking on back in 1972 or so.
Ben Stein
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It isn't the rich people's fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.
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People getting rich in a free society in general - with some scammy exceptions, which are rare - makes everyone else richer, too.
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.
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I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
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My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it's a vacation destination for me. I say, 'Because I sometimes have perfect days there.'
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