Ben Carson Quotes

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• I've always exuded some connection to my sexuality even as a kid. So to me, being sexy means staying connected to that part of me.

  

  Nadine Velazquez
  • Me
  • Connection
  • Kid

• Nothing can make you more humble than pain.

  

  Larry Flynt
  • You
  • Pain
  • Humble

• I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • School
  • Film
  • Student

• Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. Actually, if you follow a formula, you will probably end up with a bad movie.

  

  Patricia Riggen
  • Up
  • Work
  • Bad

• I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better, I got my own barbershop. I had a lot of clients in my hometown, so I wouldn't stop cutting hair. That's why I think I have such discipline in my job because I've always been very responsible.

  

  Yandel Wisin & Yandel
  • Work
  • Why
  • Job

• I had to jump on the tractor and do my chores. I would have just killed to be in town, to be able to Rollerblade hand-in-hand with somebody I had a crush on. I just wanted to get off the farm, to find my outlet.

  

  Garrett Hedlund
  • Hand
  • Find
  • Jump

• The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Important
  • Walk
  • Stand

• I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino actor.' I just want to be 'an actor.'

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Happy
  • Want
  • Heritage

• I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Serious
  • Thought
  • Process

• The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

  

  Patrick Swayze
  • Life
  • Up
  • Want

• I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Up
  • Work
  • Energy

• I gravitate toward edgy, intense, dark films that just grab you by the throat.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • You
  • Dark
  • Edgy

• There is a big difference between No. 1 and No. 2. I don't care who wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans.

  

  Randy Houser
  • People
  • Music
  • Job

• The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.

  

  Dan Scanlon
  • Life
  • Character
  • Kids

• I've had my share of villains and played some fairly nasty characters. But I've been acting for so long. I started out as the girl next door. Now I'm the grandmother next door.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Long
  • Girl
  • Door

• They'll probably start working on my movie sometime... They are doing a complete movie of my life story. It will not be based on any negativity. It will be more about my life, from a kid, how I came up and why I came through.

  

  Ike Turner Ike & Tina Turner
  • Life
  • Up
  • Why

• I was on the snowboard team at my school, but that was the only sports team I was on. I played soccer growing up in elementary school.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Up
  • School
  • Growing

• I supported Pat Toomey when he ran in 2010. I gave him money in September of 2009 because I wanted him to be the U.S. senator. I personally contributed my own money.

  

  Karl Rove
  • Money
  • September
  • Him

• The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.

  

  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
  • Party

• However strenuously the world pulls us apart, however long the absence, we are not changed for being dashed upon the rocks. I knew you then, I know you now, I shall know you again when you come home.

  

  Rachel Hartman
  • World
  • Long
  • Home

• I believe we all agree that, for the health of Kansas, nothing is more important than education.

  

  Kathleen Sebelius
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Education

• My mother had been a Latin teacher, and she was always very fascinated with words. She and I shared books and responded to them.

  

  Jean Fritz
  • She
  • Mother
  • Words

• Ginny Weasley, who sat next to Colin Creevey in Charms, was distraught, but Harry felt that Fred and George were going the wrong way about cheering her up. They were taking turns covering themselves with fur or boils and jumping out at her from behind statues.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Up

• If there is a God and you believe in him, you know the best is yet to come.

  

  Ben Carson
  • God
  • Believe