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I started reading about people of great accomplishment… and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.

Ben Carson

You can understand why I’m a believer. I have seen miracles.
BEN CARSON

Believer Miracle Seen Understand
If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.
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I’m very hopeful that I’m not the only one who’s willing to pick up the baton of freedom, because freedom is not free, and we must fight for it every day. Every one of us must fight for it, because we’re fighting for our children and the next generation.
BEN CARSON

Balon Fight Free Freedom Hopefully Must One Only Will
I was definitely an at-risk kid growing up.
BEN CARSON

Definitely Grow Up Kid Risk
People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.
BEN CARSON

Common Honesty Nation Over People All Sense Starved
We are more than just flesh and bones. There’s a certain spiritual nature and something of the mind that we can’t measure. We can’t find it. With all our sophisticated equipment, we cannot monitor or define it, and yet it’s there.
BEN CARSON

Bone Certain Flesh Just Measure Mind More Nature Something Spiritual Then
Here’s a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.
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I have no problem whatsoever with allowing gay people to live as they please, as long as they don’t try to impose their lifestyle on everyone else.
BEN CARSON

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Well, when did this become a monarchy? You know, we are the people. The president works for us and, you know, we need to remember that.
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Know Monarchy Need People President Remember Well Work
Don’t let anyone turn you into a slave.
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Anyone Into Let Slave Turn
We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it’s because life is so short, and there’s so much that can change.
BEN CARSON

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Economics is not brain surgery.
BEN CARSON

Brain Economics Surgery
You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn’t mean you won’t fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.
BEN CARSON

Brain Have Knowledge Person Surgeon Valuable
And I’ve always said, ‘If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn’t necessary.’ We need to be able to understand that if we’re going to make real progress.
BEN CARSON

Always Everything Necessary People Said Same Think
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn’t care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool.
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Our – our friends can’t trust us anymore. You know, Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them. We won’t even give them offensive weapons.
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Anyone Arm Country Friend Know Nuclear State Trust Understand

I started reading about people of great accomplishment… and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.

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