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It means zero to be against greed.
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Ben Stein
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 25
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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Being a Daddy is priority number one. When you are old and facing oblivion in a nursing home or a hospital or on a golf course in winter, you are not going to wish you had spent more time at the office or making a sales call or watching a show. You will wish you had spent more time with your family.
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Darwinism is still very much alive, utterly dominating biology. Despite the fact that no one has ever been able to prove the creation of a single distinct species by Darwinist means, Darwinism dominates the academy and the media.
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