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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

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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Cloth Enter Fancy High Long No School Student Want
I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
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Against Black Could Cruel Decide Easily Everything Meant Stack
There is no one that we can afford to throw away.
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Afford Away No One Throw
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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Economics is not brain surgery.
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Brain Economics Surgery
What I agree with is that we need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I’ve advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy. And he said, you know, if you give me a tithe, it doesn’t matter how much you make.
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Agree Change Need Significantly System Taxation
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
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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Certain Measure Mind Nature Something Spiritual
You know, many people have said that I’m on the edge and I’m maverick for some of the big operations that I’ve done. I’m not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, ‘Should I do it?’, guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.
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All Big Done Edge Many Maverick Operation People Pray Said Some
I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do – and not only for operating, but for everything.
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Ask Before Case Do Every Give Help Know Only Operate Pray To Wisdom
If God thinks proportionality is fair who are we to say that it is unfair?
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Fair God Proportionally Say Think Unfair
My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.
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Believe Favorite Fortunately Had Me Mother Race Smart Subject
Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
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Freedom Go Religion Resist Speech War
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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Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.
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Beter Black Children Choice File Hear Model Need Our Role See
I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.
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Continue Make Prefer Sense Speak Truth

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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