The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.

About Ben Stein

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Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, economist, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues. He began his career as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford before entering the entertainment field as an actor, comedian, and game show host....

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Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.

I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty… This is my highest and best use as a human.

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The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.

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Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.

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I thought it would all fall into place. I've changed my mind. Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions. You either make them or they're made for you, but you can't avoid them.

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The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.

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