I don’t know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they’ll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening.
BENJAMIN CARSONKids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you’re saying when you’re being a hypocrite.
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Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn’t something most of us can afford to do.
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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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There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren’t getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.
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I do not want to get rid of the safety net, I want to get rid of dependency.
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You have to try, you have to try everything you can.
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I know that there are many peaceful Muslims who do not adhere to these beliefs. But until these tenants are fully renounced…I cannot advocate any Muslim candidate for President.
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You know, I’m a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I’ve diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with.
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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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And I know you’re not supposed to say ‘Nazi Germany,’ but I don’t care about political correctness. You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population. We now live in a society where people are afraid to say what they actually believe.
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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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I’ve had a lot of experience building things, organizing things, a national scholarship program.
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Anyone with a normal brain has the capacity to do almost anything, but when one has special gifts or talents (and everyone has) and takes advantage of and develops these talents – that person is likely to excel.
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What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win… What we’ve got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems.
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If you don’t accept excuses, then people will stop giving them and will start looking for solutions.
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So after a while, if people won’t accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.
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