There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.
BENJAMIN CARSONCompassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts.
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When we feed our fourteen billion brain cells with information that will enrich us and help others, we are really learning to Think Big.
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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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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.
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Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.
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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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What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.
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You have yourself to blame.
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Just because somebody happens to disagree with you about something doesn’t mean that they become your mortal enemy and that you should try to destroy them and destroy their life and destroy their family.
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Patients do better when they have faith that they’re going to do better. That’s why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There’s nobody I don’t say that to.
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It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.
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Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.
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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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My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.
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Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn’t matter what they are – they don’t get to change the definition.
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Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.
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