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.
BENJAMIN CARSONDo we have a brain? Than use it. It’s all you need to overcome a problem. That’s the secret. That’s my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.
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By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.
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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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When I look at the human brain I’m still in awe of it.
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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.
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If we don’t get the military right nothing else matters.
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I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.
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And if we can’t get it right, with the relatively small number of veterans, how in the world are you going to do it with the entire population?
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An important verity about knowledge is that the brain works most effectively with consciously retained information. We more easily remember what we want to recall later.
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There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.
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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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Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.
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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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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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Politics is corrupting the American judicial system in much the same way the judicial system was corrupted in Nazi Germany.
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We’ll always be safe in Jesus Christ if we place our faith in the Lord.
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