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.
BEN CARSONWhat 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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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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Evolution and creationism both require faith. It’s just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.
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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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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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We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.
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The key is to cut out the middleman and empower both doctor and patient with information about what things cost.
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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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Even if you’re Bill Gates, you’ve got problems. I’m sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.
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I always pray for God’s guidance in my life and he always provides it. He opens the right doors he shuts the right doors. And I have tremendous faith in him. He just guided my career in an amazing way.
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I actually don’t think that I’m that much smarter than anybody else. It’s just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that’s wisdom.
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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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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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Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.
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We’re not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that it affects all of our military policies.
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