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We need to understand that we are not each others’ enemies in this country. And it is only the political class that derives its power by creating friction. It is only the media that derives its importance by creating friction… that uses every little thing to create this chasm between people. This is not who we are.

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.
BEN CARSON

Believe Better Brain Few Make People Smart Surgeon Tendency
Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you’re saying when you’re being a hypocrite.
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Being Block Bult Call Come Hypocrite Kid Say Up
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 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
You know, I’m a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I’ve diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with.
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Diagnsie Issue Know Lot People Physician Pretty Significant Some Thing Think
I was definitely an at-risk kid growing up.
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Definitely Grow Up Kid Risk
In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because 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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Body Fix God Great Human Just Life Need Own Personal Play Pray Risk Role
I’ve advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way.
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Advocate Billion Dollar Everybody Get Treated Make One Pay Propotanail System Tax Ten
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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Accomplishment Drawn Great Happen Most Person Read Start Suddenly
I want the government to provide the military so we don’t get invaded by somebody and destroyed. I want the government to provide the roads so I can get from point A to B. In terms of taking care of my day to day needs, I want to do that myself. I want my community to do that.
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Destroy Get Government Invaded Military Provided Somebody
What we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars. I’ve talked to a lot of the generals, a lot of our advanced people. And believe me, if we gave them the mission, which is what the commander-in-chief does, they would be able to carry it out.
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Inflect Military Remember Tremendous Utilize Want War Win
People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.
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Common Honesty Nation Over People All Sense Starved
So after a while, if people won’t accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.
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Accept After Excuse Look People So Stop Them While
Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can’t talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.
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Often Open People School Shut Solution Take
You’re a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.
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Brain Develop Entertainment Important Media More Slave Sport Tell
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.
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Come Nation Our Strength Unity

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