Benjamin Carson Quotes
Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.
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There's a history where, when women get to a certain age in this industry, the roles become strictly the mother, the wife, or the older single woman. There should be more of a variety because there are so many different paths that humans take, and they should be given a platform to be seen.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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Iggy Pop is God, if God looked half that good with his shirt off.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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I know she would want me to still do what I'm doing, because she kept me going a lot of times when I'd almost lose interest in getting out on the road.
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By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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Ziggy Marley is the third generation of Marleys I know. I knew his grandmother and his dad - I did a children's album with his grandmother. They're like family.
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When you write a short story ... you had better know the ending first. The end of a story is only the end to the reader. To the writer, it's the beginning. If you don't know exactly where you're going every minute you're writing, you'll never get there - or anywhere.
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A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
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Although I loved Liza as a little girl, it would be true to say I really didn't know her.
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more.
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The whole point is to hook people and keep them interested.
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Apparently it's acceptable for members of Congress to own stock in companies we regulate in Congress, but somehow, our plumbing company crosses some line.
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It's strange how the mind works while you're acting, because you have all sorts of quick thoughts going on as well as the motivations with the character.
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In the '60s, I thought golf was bourgeois, so I didn't play at all for 20 years.
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As a teenager, I would wear Clarks, corduroy pants and striped shirts, and I loved it.
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There’s definitely been a change this year — and I’d like to have a boyfriend.
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Think black love, think universal love. Just think love.
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Refrain from the violence of fist, tongue or heart. And heart is real important.
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Children live in occupied territory. The brave and the foolhardy openly rebel against authority, whether harsh or benign. But most tread warily, outwardly accommodating themselves to alien mores and edicts while living in secret their iconoclastic and subversive lives.
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Paternalism is everywhere in our lives. We have to immunise our children unless we are upset about it. In India, it is the opposite. It is possible to get your kids immunised, but you really have to want to.
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Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.
