Ben Carson Quotes
It is not a matter of competing with someone else. Essentially, it is accepting our own special abilities as special – and then developing them.
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The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity. We played an enormous part in the history of America.
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Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
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I've kept a journal since I was 15. And I feel like it's been crucial to who I've become and trying to maintain stuff, a sense of who I am just for myself and not for other people.
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I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.
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In the education of the American people, I am Recess.
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In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'
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Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own.
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Doing some of the 'Lord Of The Rings' press junkets got a bit claustrophobic.
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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I don't know if it's possible to live the rock 'n roll lifestyle and still be romantic.
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I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l' liberals, we Canadians.
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Italy in the Seventies seems like a fascinating place.
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A Syrian war would consume Trump's presidency.
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I'm the kind of person who, if I see a shooting star, I wouldn't stay there and watch it. I'd run to my friends and tell them because I would want everyone to see it too.
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I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, and certainly 'Frankenstein' had a very dramatic power rock image. It was almost a precursor of heavy metal and fusion. But I also love jazz and classical and if there's one common thread that runs through all my music, it is blues.
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The stroke has given me another way to serve people. It lets me feel more deeply the pain of others; to help them know by example that ultimately, whatever happens, no harm can come. 'Death is perfectly safe,' I like to say.
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There is nothing better than being out there when the game is on the line; only now, I get to see what my players will do. How will they react? Retirement is fine for some people, but I got bored. I'm used to more of a fast-paced life.
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I don't want to be fired after two seasons and risk never getting another opportunity to coach.
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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A lot of scaling up a company is not very sexy or strategic.
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I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.
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It is not a matter of competing with someone else. Essentially, it is accepting our own special abilities as special – and then developing them.
