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.
BENJAMIN CARSONThe government is supposed to respond to the will of the people. Not dictate to the people what they are doing.
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A good surgeon doesn’t just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you’re doing.
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By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.
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Use PMA: Positive Mental Actitude.
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I’m convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.
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Creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.
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A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight – and when they come out, they’re gay.
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There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren’t getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.
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To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn’t mean we won’t have difficulties along the way. We will – we all do… If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. “We can’t win,” we moan. “They won’t let us win.”
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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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You should see the eyes of some of those children when I say to them we’re going to have to open your head up and take out this tumor. They’re not happy about it, believe me. And they don’t like me very much at that point. But later on, they love me.
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I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who got others to recognize the potential that was within them.
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I don’t think really conservative or liberal; I think what makes sense.
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Ruthless is not necessarily the word I would use, but tough, resolute, understanding what the problems are, and understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect the people of this country and to do what is necessary in order to get it done.
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We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.
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You pray for yourself and just ask God to give you strength.
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Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they’ll beat a path to your door.
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It’s very important for people to know themselves and understand what their value system is, because if you don’t know what your value system is, then you don’t know what risks are worth taking and which ones are worth avoiding.
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Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.
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There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.
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People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.
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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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Always give your best and try to figure out how to do an even better job.
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You have yourself to blame.
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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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I am convinced that knowledge is power – to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
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