Ben Carson Quotes
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The little I know I owe to my ignorance.
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I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.
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People have told me that they cannot put down 'If I Stay' after reading it, and readers have become very invested in the love story between Adam and Mia.
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Hard writing makes easy reading.
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I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.
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There's so much about Dolly Parton that every female artist should look to, whether it's reading her quotes or reading her interviews or going to one of her live shows. She's been such an amazing example to every female songwriter out there.
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The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them.
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I don't like the road. I love being on the track. I like being indoors and the fact I'm not battling past 200 other riders.
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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.
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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I started so young with the music thing and I had my parents always on the road with me. So at a time when I think I should have been rebelling, like in high school, they were actually my best friends.
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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.
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Playing live is everything. Sometimes being on the road is hard, and it's a lot of work, and tiring. From a musical point of view, you improve all the time. Not only that, but you learn how to deal with people and deal with energy in a live setting.
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I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.
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The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading.
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I think when I was 12, I started reading Evelyn Waugh, and I loved Evelyn Waugh so much, and I thought: 'This is how the world really is. If I could be Evelyn Waugh, then I would be happy.'
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All attempts at gaining literary polish must begin with judicious reading, and the learner must never cease to hold this phase uppermost. In many cases, the usage of good authors will be found a more effective guide than any amount of precept.
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On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on my collection of poems 'Native Guard.' I was there over a summer doing research in the archives and then writing in the reading room at the Jefferson building.
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As an actor, whether you look good or you don't, it's still about what you look like: Whether you are heavy enough to play this part or thin enough to play that part. The fact of the matter is, you can add a little weight with some extra padding, but you can't shave it off.
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Tragedy is a great storytelling form. It worked extremely well for Shakespeare. It worked extremely well for Jim Cameron with 'Titanic.'
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People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say.'
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While I don't think Trump wants to target any particular minority group, I understand their fear because he spent many months stoking it.
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Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.
