Benjamin Carson Quotes
You should see the eyes of some of those children when I say to them we're going to have to open your head up and take out this tumor. They're not happy about it, believe me. And they don't like me very much at that point. But later on, they love me.
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As I age, I become more and more happy with what I see in the mirror. At some point, that's going to stop.
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell you and let you know. I mean, kids is where it's at, really.
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Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.
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People ask what I really did in the three years between 'The Dreaming' and 'Hounds of Love.' I spent it with my family, living a normal home life.
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No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.
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I'm definitely a glass-is-always-half-full, not half-empty, kind of person. Which is why I love living in America.
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The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
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What could be better than working with people you love?
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I was on a path that could've really led to disaster, and the one thing for me that really kept me focused and gave me something to believe in and a sense of self-worth and a discipline was music.
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I played lots of fantasy games. I would create these worlds, and I would believe in them.
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Families with disabled children are praying for their kids to die before them because they have no support systems. They are very scared about who will take care of their kids and how their kids will have a dignified life after they die.
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I believe sometimes we aren't always in charge of everything that we do creatively. We submit to things as we're going on our own journey.
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I believe the reason we sleep is not just to allow our body to rest but that it is to allow this inner wisdom to speak to us through symbols. This includes the body or somatic problems as well as psychological ones. Dreams and drawings are useful in diagnosing physical conditions.
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Being a figure skater myself and knowing what it took for my parents to get up at five in the morning to drive me to the rink before school and then drive me to practice after school - it's a huge commitment for any family.
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You should see the eyes of some of those children when I say to them we're going to have to open your head up and take out this tumor. They're not happy about it, believe me. And they don't like me very much at that point. But later on, they love me.
