No one is ever better off with dictators but there comes a time you know, when you’re on an airplane, they always say, “in case of an emergency oxygen masks will drop down. Put yours on first and then administer help to your neighbor.” We need oxygen right now.
BENJAMIN CARSONWhat do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win… What we’ve got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems.
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Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home.
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You know if there is a rabid dog running around your neighborhood, you’re probably not going to assume something good about that dog, and you’re probably gonna put your children out of the way. Doesn’t mean that you hate all dogs by any stretch of the imagination.
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No matter who you are,no matter what you do-do not be too big for GOD.
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Education does not necessarily make one wise?
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Maybe that is the best lesson I learned in my first semester at Yale, because if I had gone to a less-demanding school and continued to sail along on the top, I am sure I would never have attained the subsequent achievements in my life.
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I’ve had a lot of experience building things, organizing things, a national scholarship program.
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Always give your best and try to figure out how to do an even better job.
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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.
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There’s no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there’s no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.
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We’re not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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We are not like dogs who are kind of “What am I going to eat today? Oh, there is a rabbit; I am going to go chase it.”
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You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can – prepare, pray and achieve – to make it happen.
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You can understand why I’m a believer. I have seen miracles.
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This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they’re doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.
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Even if you’re Bill Gates, you’ve got problems. I’m sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.
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Every one of us must fight for it, because we’re fighting for our children and the next generation.
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An important verity about knowledge is that the brain works most effectively with consciously retained information. We more easily remember what we want to recall later.
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Evolution and creationism both require faith. It’s just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.
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I do not want to get rid of the safety net, I want to get rid of dependency.
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I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.
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I have this feeling that as time goes on, we’re not getting any more civilized, and we should be. We’re still running around like the days of Genghis Khan.
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Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.
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People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.
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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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Obviously, discipline is necessary for children. Training is necessary for children. Just like if you want to train a vine, you have to apply physical manipulation to get it to go where you want it to go, but as it learns, then you don’t have to do that.
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I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.
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