Ben Carson Quotes
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The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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I've spent a lot of time being bohemian and sleeping on floors, but eventually I want to have kids and I want to bring them up in a secure environment.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese.
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I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.
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I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring in motion pictures.
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If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says you should. And that's hard.
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Music is like my security blanket.
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It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.
Gail Devers
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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It's not until the very last phase that you know how good the works are going to be.
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You can have all the information you want in the world. If you don't have the people raising questions and looking beneath the surface, and people being paid to do this, you're not going to find the answers.
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Just the thought of being on Oprah's radar at all is humbling, but to actually have her take time get on the phone with me kind of blows my mind.
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I've never seen the yellow light, umm the yellow line be wrong.
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Barometer, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
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Walking is magic. Can't recommend it highly enough. I read that Plato and Aristotle did much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement, the meditation, the health of the blood pumping, and the rhythm of footsteps... this is a primal way to connect with one's deeper self.
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Being nice always comes back to repay us in the long run.
