People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.
BENJAMIN CARSONMaybe that is the best lesson I learned in my first semester at Yale, because if I had gone to a less-demanding school and continued to sail along on the top, I am sure I would never have attained the subsequent achievements in my life.
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We recognize that North Korea is in severe financial straits, and they have decided to use their resources to build their military, rather than to feed their people and to take care of the various humanitarian responsibilities that they have.
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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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There’s no such thing as useless knowledge. You never know what doors it’s going to open up for you.
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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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If we would spend on education half the amount of money that we currently lavish on sports and entertainment, we could provide complete and free education for every student in this country.
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A great operation on the wrong patient is just as bad as a horrible operation on the right patient. So, you have to have all that together.
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The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.
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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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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.
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There’s a false narrative that only the political class has the wisdom and the ability to be commander-in- chief. But if you go back and you study the design of our country, it was really designed for the citizen statesman.
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We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.
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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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Obviously, discipline is necessary for children. Training is necessary for children. Just like if you want to train a vine, you have to apply physical manipulation to get it to go where you want it to go, but as it learns, then you don’t have to do that.
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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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This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they’re doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.
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