Ben Carson Quotes
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I put it to you that there are no British poets, there are no British novelists. I have heard myself described as one, but I think really I'm an English novelist; there are Scottish poets and Scottish novelists.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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I just use intuition - would I wear that? Would it feel okay? It's pretty simple, nothing too complicated.
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That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
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Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
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Life is God's art.
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Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
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I started drama in high school.
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I fall asleep everywhere! Someone recently asked if they could publish a book of pictures of me sleeping because there are so many.
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
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I am a very, very avid 'Anchorman' fan.
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I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a record shop. Still, it's not a bad life, is it? You just sit at a computer and make stuff up.
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Most people write a lot of autobiography, but when I came to write autobiography I discovered that nothing interesting had ever happened to me. So I had to take the situation and invent stories to go with it.
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When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged my art work. When I was 9 or 10, I began learning piano and started writing music.
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We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment because charity is the sign of a righteous man.
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I'm doing good. I've had a slight nervous breakdown in the '60s. I got through that. And I got through the '70s. And I was in a doctor's program during the '80s and then I met Melinda and we've been together ever since. I've got a happy life.
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I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star.
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I want to build something I'd be happy to be employed by 10 years out.
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I love Costco.
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Ego gets you inches but it doesn't get you impact.
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A lot of times, the people who have the confidence to say, 'I don't know what the rules are, so I'm just going to do what I want,' are the most exciting people.
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I am always looking for stories that have not been told too much, and one story that I think is really gripping and important is what police officers go through.
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For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.
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I'm convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.
