(I’m) the only one to take out half a brain, although you would think, if you go to Washington, that someone had beat me to it.
BENJAMIN CARSONIf we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.
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We turned our back on Israel, our ally. You know, and a situation like that, of course [Barack]Obama’s not going to be able to do anything. I would shore up our military first, because if you don’t get the military right, nothing else is going to work.
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Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.
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In our culture, security has become an obsession.
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I think of success as reaching beyond ourselves and helping other people in specific ways.
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America became a great nation early on not because it was flooded with politicians, but because it was flooded with people who understood the value of personal responsibility, hard work, creativity, innovation, and that’s what will get us on the right track now, as well.
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If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.
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Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.
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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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I detest politics, to be honest with you. It’s a cesspool. And I don’t think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don’t believe in political correctness and I certainly don’t believe in dishonesty.
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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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We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.
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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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We recognize that North Korea is in severe financial straits, and they have decided to use their resources to build their military, rather than to feed their people and to take care of the various humanitarian responsibilities that they have.
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You can’t allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, ‘Merry Christmas?’ Give me a break. If people don’t like it, yeah, they can go do something else.
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Maybe that’s the problem. But whether they’ve heard it of not. The issue is the train that is going off the cliff. After we save the country, after we keep the train from going off the cliff,
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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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If you’re black and you oppose a progressive agenda, and you’re pro life, and you’re pro family, then they do not even know what to call you. You end up on some watch list for extremists.
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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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I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it’s followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life.
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What is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.
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Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn’t something most of us can afford to do.
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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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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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Successful people don’t have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.
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