If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.
BENJAMIN CARSONYou have to take a long-term look at something that fundamentally changes the power structure of America.
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Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.
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We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.
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My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.
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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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Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can’t talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.
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I am convinced that knowledge is power – to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
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God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.
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The key is to cut out the middleman and empower both doctor and patient with information about what things cost.
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Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God’s sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.
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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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Evolution and creationism both require faith. It’s just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.
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If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.
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Education does not necessarily make one wise?
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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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Politics is corrupting the American judicial system in much the same way the judicial system was corrupted in Nazi Germany.
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