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.
BENJAMIN CARSONPeople are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.
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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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Why would I want to run for Congress and continue to get tainted with all the things that people get tainted with as they come along the system.
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America 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. If you give me a tithe, it doesn’t matter how much you make.
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One dark night the skeletons that they had carefully hidden in an obscure closet appeared, grabbed them around the throat, and strangled them.
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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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When I look at the human brain I’m still in awe of it.
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The brain can process two million bits of information per second. It remembers everything you’ve ever seen, everything you’ve ever heard.
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(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.
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Everybody has barriers and obstacles. If you look at them as containing fences that don’t allow you to advance, then you’re going to be a failure. If you look at them as hurdles that strengthen you each time you go over one, then you’re going to be a success.
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If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.
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I would love to see music reinstated as an essential part of schooling. The culture that it brings; the knowledge that it brings.
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A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight – and when they come out, they’re gay.
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If you go into Hasakah province in northeast Syria, that’s an area that’s as big as Lebanon. It’s controlled by the Kurds, the Christians and the moderate Sunnis. And there are airstrips and hotels. You could settle a lot of people there.
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We are not like dogs who are kind of “What am I going to eat today? Oh, there is a rabbit; I am going to go chase it.”
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Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they’ll beat a path to your door.
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