When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys.
BENJAMIN CARSONThere’s absolutely no reason at all that physicians, scientists, shouldn’t be involved in things that affect all of us.
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Middle East has been in turmoil for thousands of years. For us to think that we’re going to in there and fix that with a couple of little bombs and a few little decorations is relatively foolish.
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We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else’s problems.
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(I’m) the only one to take out half a brain, although you would think, if you go to Washington, that someone had beat me to it.
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You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can – prepare, pray and achieve – to make it happen.
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The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.
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The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.
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Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.
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Maybe that’s the problem. But whether they’ve heard it of not. The issue is the train that is going off the cliff. After we save the country, after we keep the train from going off the cliff,
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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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I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is hand the election over to the Democrats.
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One dark night the skeletons that they had carefully hidden in an obscure closet appeared, grabbed them around the throat, and strangled them.
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Because 9/11 is an isolated incident. Things that are isolated issues as opposed to things that fundamentally change the United Sates of America and shift power from the people to the government. That is a huge shift.
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There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.
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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 don’t need to set this up as we either take a bunch of refugees who will be infiltrated with terrorists, I guarantee you. For them not to be would be terrorist malpractice. And we need to – to choose the right choice, not these false choices.
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Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.
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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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We will continue to redefine it in any way that we wish, which is a slippery slope with a disastrous ending, as witnessed in the dramatic fall of the Roman Empire.
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If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.
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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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Maybe 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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It is absolutely vital that we do all we can to allow Americans to practice their religious ways, while simultaneously ensuring that no one’s beliefs infringe upon those of others. We should also serve as champions of freedom of religion throughout the world.
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I began to realize that poverty was really more of a choice than anything else and that I could change that. And it just really depended on how hard I wanted to work.
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Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don’t sit around and call each other names. That’s what you can find on a third grade playground.
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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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We’ve gotten into this – this mindset of fighting politically correct wars. There is no such thing as a politically correct war.
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