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A lot of people simply don’t realize their potential because they’re just so risk adverse. They just don’t want to take the risk.

Ben Carson

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.
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Believe Better Brain Few Make People Smart Surgeon Tendency
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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Ability Believe Choose Go Great Happen Life Thing Want Way
What you’re saying is that ‘I, the superior elite, will take care of you.’ Why? Because, you see, that superior, elite group needs to feel superior and elite. And they can’t be superior and elite unless you have a whole lot of people down there groveling around. So you keep them down there by feeding them.
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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
I don’t want my kids to grow up with no father like I did. I came to the conclusion a while ago that you can work until midnight and not be finished or you can work until 6 or 7 and not be finished. I decided I’d rather work until 6 or 7.
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Came Conclusion Ego Father Finisher Grow Kid Midnight Up Want While Work
I’m not a politician. I don’t want to be a politician, because politicians do what is politically expedient. I want to do what’s right.
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People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.
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Common Honesty Nation Over People All Sense Starved
Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided states. And those who want to divide us are trying to divide us, and we shouldn’t let them do it.
BEN CARSON

Come Nation Our Strength Unity
I serve God, and my purpose is to please Him, and if God be for you, who can be against you?
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Against God Please Purpose Serve
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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What 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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Law Lawyer Learn School Solve Problem Think
You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn’t mean you won’t fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.
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Brain Have Knowledge Person Surgeon Valuable
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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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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Classmate Ever Known Perhaps Seen Student Stupid Thought Worst
With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don’t learn, then it’s an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you’re able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success.
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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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