Over the years my mother’s steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when I found myself faced with my own medical scare.
BENJAMIN CARSONI 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.
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You can’t allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, ‘Merry Christmas?’ Give me a break. If people don’t like it, yeah, they can go do something else.
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Economics is not brain surgery.
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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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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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A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight – and when they come out, they’re gay.
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I would love to see music reinstated as an essential part of schooling. The culture that it brings; the knowledge that it brings.
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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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In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do – and not only for operating, but for everything.
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Say your prayers. And I’ll say mine. Because I really think it helps.
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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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Here is the treasure chest of the world – the public library, or a bookstore.
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If 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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America became a great nation early on not because it was flooded with politicians, but because it was flooded with people who understood the value of personal responsibility, hard work, creativity, innovation, and that’s what will get us on the right track now, as well.
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Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.
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And I’ve always said, ‘If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn’t necessary.’ We need to be able to understand that if we’re going to make real progress.
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