We need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.
BENJAMIN CARSONIf we develop in-depth knowledge, it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world.
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A good surgeon doesn’t just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you’re doing.
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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.
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Unless you really know that about yourself, you will never be able to appropriately assess risk.
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We seem to be afraid to give the Kurds weaponry. We like to send it for some strange reason through Baghdad, and then they only get a tenth of it.
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The kind of job doesn’t matter. The length of time on the job doesn’t matter… If you work hard and do your best, you’ll be recognized and move onward.
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What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone’s health. It’s not only a feeling that I’m worth something, but that I have something to contribute.
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Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.
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If God thinks proportionality is fair who are we to say that it is unfair?
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Here is the treasure chest of the world – the public library, or a bookstore.
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Why 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. And you get rid of the deductions, you get rid of all the loopholes.
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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.
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I have no problem with being vetted. What I do have a problem with is being lied about and then putting that as truth.
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If you’ve had a bumper crop, you don’t owe me triple tithes. And if you’ve had no crops at all, you don’t owe me no tithes. So there must be something inherently fair about it.
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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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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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When we feed our fourteen billion brain cells with information that will enrich us and help others, we are really learning to Think Big.
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Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.
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Ruthless is not necessarily the word I would use, but tough, resolute, understanding what the problems are, and understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect the people of this country and to do what is necessary in order to get it done.
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The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood; we are complex systems.
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I have this feeling that as time goes on, we’re not getting any more civilized, and we should be. We’re still running around like the days of Genghis Khan.
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Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.
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Don’t let anyone turn you into a slave. 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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The more I learn about the human body, our environment, and the universe, the more it increases my faith.
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Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.
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Maybe that’s the problem. But whether they’ve heard it of not. The issue is the train that is going off the cliff. After we save the country, after we keep the train from going off the cliff,
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If we don’t get the military right nothing else matters.
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