"Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men.……" — Ben Stein
"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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102 Quotes by Ben Stein
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Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up…
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You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot
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It's a lot better to hope than not to.
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There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere... There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the…
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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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