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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 Carson

I’m a good neurosugeon. That’s not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Determination Hands Skills
Just learning how to read music requires metrics, and I think that helps you with mathematics. A lot of scientists and doctors have a musical background – it’s very interesting.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Interesting Lot Mathematician Require Scientist
We need to understand what is going on, because there are much more economic models that can be used to give us good health care than what we have now.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Care Economic Health Understand
Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Effort Risk Should
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.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Believe People Smart
It’s very important for people to know themselves and understand what their value system is, because if you don’t know what your value system is, then you don’t know what risks are worth taking and which ones are worth avoiding.
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Important People Risk
Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that, they can control just about everything.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Economic Giving Government Models
I began to realize that poverty was really more of a choice than anything else and that I could change that. And it just really depended on how hard I wanted to work.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Choices Poverty Realizing
I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it’s followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Classical Music Profound School
Do you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we can figure out how to do things.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Brain Thinking Way
There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.
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Average Brain Normal Superior
(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.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Brain Half Thinking
We will continue to redefine it in any way that we wish, which is a slippery slope with a disastrous ending, as witnessed in the dramatic fall of the Roman Empire.
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Dramatic Ending Fall Stope Wish Witness
Patients do better when they have faith that they’re going to do better. That’s why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There’s nobody I don’t say that to.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Better Neglect Nobody Patient
Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.
BENJAMIN CARSON

Dream Hard Work Perseverance
Some people say you’re weak because, you know, you’re not loud and you’re not boisterous and you’re not rude. But the fact of the matter is, look and see what I’ve done. And that speaks volumes about strength.
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Boisterous People Rude

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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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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