Ben Carson Quotes
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
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I feel pressure, but my emotions just don't show that much in my face.
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The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy.
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When I started out, there was so much work that I couldn't think of doing anything else. I would go for recordings by 8.30 A.M., that, too, in trains. I used to come home at night. I was travelling alone everywhere.
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I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that.
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Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.
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I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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The truth is that for a Democrat to triumph in a presidential election, it needs to come on the heels of 'the dark times' of an unpopular Republican administration. Carter followed the Nixon era, Clinton succeeded after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and Obama was a direct result of eight years of Bush/Cheney.
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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I'm younger than Rod Stewart and Bruce Springsteen, but I'm still getting up there in age.
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We absolutely look at larger trends and reactions on Twitter here at the White House.
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You can't watch 'Daredevil' or 'Jessica Jones' or the Marvel films and not be aware that the villain has to be awesome. I've always wanted to have more space. And the scope, morally, is more broad for the villain than the hero.
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I felt like I was building this world brick by brick with each layer of instrumentation I was doing. I could see it growing in some ways. I feel like most writers feel the same way. You're almost living inside of this magic world that you're building.
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My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in.
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I don't come from a famous family and don't have this detachment from everyday people and everyday life. I'm just doing my job and the attention that comes with it is part of the territory.
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.
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One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.
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We've lost 400,000 jobs in Michigan because of downsizing.
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There are months when I'm on a plane every day!
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I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.
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You can sense their anger before they even say a word.
