I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
BENJAMIN CARSONGod has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?
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It’s a very wise thing for people to rationally sit down and look at what the risks are not only on a daily basis, on a weekly basis, on a monthly basis, on a yearly basis, on a lifetime basis, and then plan one’s life accordingly.
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By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.
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I have to come to realize that God does not want to punish us, but rather, to fulfill our lives. God created us, loves us and wants to help us to realize our potential so that we can be useful to others.
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Even if you’re Bill Gates, you’ve got problems. I’m sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.
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We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.
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Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.
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If God thinks proportionality is fair who are we to say that it is unfair?
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The left, of course, will say Carson doesn’t believe in the Geneva Convention, Carson doesn’t believe in fighting stupid wars. And – and what we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars.
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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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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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We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.
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Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.
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No one is ever better off with dictators but there comes a time you know, when you’re on an airplane, they always say, “in case of an emergency oxygen masks will drop down. Put yours on first and then administer help to your neighbor.” We need oxygen right now.
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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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Unless you really know that about yourself, you will never be able to appropriately assess risk.
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