Ben Carson Quotes
I sensed I was about to take one of the most important risks of my life. But I felt so right that I didn't hesitate.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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Life is like an analogy.
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You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn. I was an usher. Cleaned toilets, everything. Grew up there as a kid.
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You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
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I found a red Oscar de la Renta raincoat, and it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
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We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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I just don't drink alcohol. I never have; I never will.
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I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.
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I'm not one to probe my limitations.
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[Alexander Haig and Ariel Sharon ] casualties in this war were more than in all the previous Arab - Israeli confrontations. If you remember, it is the only war [in 1982] which hasn't a hero among the Israeli generals.
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Life's too mysterious to take too serious.
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I sensed I was about to take one of the most important risks of my life. But I felt so right that I didn't hesitate.
