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Benjamin Carson is a renowned neurosurgeon, born on September 18, 1951. He has made significant achievements in the field of medicine, particularly in the areas of brain and spinal cord surgery. Dr. Carson is known for his innovative techniques and contributions to the medical field.

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“Do not underestimate the importance of feeling special.”

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“Do we have a brain? Than use it. It's all you need to overcome a problem. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.”

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“God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.”

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“I always pray before any of the operation. I think God help me know what to do.”

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“If we allow ourselves to dwell on negatives, on hurts, on mistreatments, we will be negative thinkers. So be open to positive thinking, THINK BIG!”

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“I'm convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.”

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“In our culture, security has become an obsession.”

Culture Security Obsession

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“Maybe that's how I learned to handle my deep hurt - by forgetting.”

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“My experience has confirmed the wisdom of so much of what the Bible teaches.”

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“Nobody can hinder you from doing what you want, if that's what you set your mind to. You can always find a hook to hang excuses on, but they're only excuses. You don't have anyone to blame but yourself. Nobody else makes you fail.”

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“Occasionally I talk with people who see doctors as people who do nothing but give of themselves and never receive from anyone else - especially not from their patients. That is totally false. The longer I remain in my profession, the more I realize how much I receive from those who come to me for help.”

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“Say your prayers. And I'll say mine. Because I really think it helps.”

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“The kind of job doesn't matter. The length of time on the job doesn't matter... If you work hard and do your best, you'll be recognized and move onward.”

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“The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.”

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“Use PMA: Positive Mental Actitude.”

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“We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.”

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“We'll always be safe in Jesus Christ if we place our faith in the Lord.”

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“What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone's health. It's not only a feeling that I'm worth something, but that I have something to contribute.”

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“Why should I give someone else such power over my life?”

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“You are what you think.”

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“You have to try, you have to try everything you can.”

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“You have yourself to blame.”

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“You pray for yourself and just ask God to give you strength.”

Giving Asks Praying Praying For You

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“We've gotten into this - this mindset of fighting politically correct wars. There is no such thing as a politically correct war. The left, of course, will say Carson doesn't believe in the Geneva Convention, Carson doesn't believe in fighting stupid wars. And - and what we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars.”

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“The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly.”

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“America became a great nation early on not because it was flooded with politicians, but because it was flooded with people who understood the value of personal responsibility, hard work, creativity, innovation, and that's what will get us on the right track now, as well.”

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“I think people actually notice sometimes the content of what one is saying rather than the decibel level at which he says it. And a lot of times when people don't have a lot to say, they increase the volume.”

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“The left, of course, will say Carson doesn't believe in the Geneva Convention, Carson doesn't believe in fighting stupid wars. And - and what we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars.”

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“What I agree with is that we need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I've advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy.”

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“Why I've advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way. And you get rid of the deductions, you get rid of all the loopholes.”

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“She [Hillary Clinton] is the epitome of the progressive - the secular progressive movement. And she counts on the fact that people are uninformed, the Alinsky Model, taking advantage of useful idiots.”

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“If I was trying to destroy this country, what I would do is find a way to drive wedges between all the people, drive the debt to an unsustainable level, and then step off the stage as a world leader and let our enemies increase while we decreased our capacity as a military person. And that's what [Hillary Clinton] doing.”

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“I just happen to believe that people are not stupid.”

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“What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that if affects all of our military policies.”

Ifs Thinking Military Policy

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“Our friends can't trust us anymore. You know, Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them. We won't even give them offensive weapons.”

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“We turned our back on Israel, our ally. You know, and a situation like that, of course [Barack]Obama's not going to be able to do anything. I would shore up our military first, because if you don't get the military right, nothing else is going to work.”

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“We have the purveyors of hatred who take every single incident between people of two races and try to make a race war out of it, and drive wedges into people. And this does not need to be done.”

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“I was asked by an NPR reporter once, why don't I talk about race that often. I said it's because I'm a neurosurgeon. And she thought that was a strange response. And you say - I said, you see, when I take someone to the operating room, I'm actually operating on the thing that makes them who they are. The skin doesn't make them who they are.”

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“Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided states. And those who want to divide us are trying to divide us, and we shouldn't let them do it.”

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“I'm the only one to separate siamese twins.The only one to operate on babies while they were still in mother's womb, the only one to take out half of a brain.But I'm very hopeful that I'm not the only one who's willing to pick up the baton of freedom, because freedom is not free, and we must fight for it every day. Every one of us must fight for it, because we're fighting for our children and the next generation.”

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“A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.”

Ability Surgeons Appropriateness

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“A great operation on the wrong patient is just as bad as a horrible operation on the right patient. So, you have to have all that together.”

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“The more I learn about the human body, our environment, and the universe, the more it increases my faith.”

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“I'd like to be remembered as someone who got others to recognize the potential that was within them.”

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“America need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I've advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy. If you give me a tithe, it doesn't matter how much you make. If you've had a bumper crop, you don't owe me triple tithes. And if you've had no crops at all, you don't owe me no tithes. So there must be something inherently fair about it.”

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“Obviously, discipline is necessary for children. Training is necessary for children. Just like if you want to train a vine, you have to apply physical manipulation to get it to go where you want it to go, but as it learns, then you don't have to do that.”

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“We need to reorient people in terms of what real success is all about.”

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“I would love to see music reinstated as an essential part of schooling. The culture that it brings; the knowledge that it brings. Just learning how to read music requires metrics, and I think that helps you with mathematics. A lot of scientists and doctors have a musical background - it's very interesting.”

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“There's no such thing as useless knowledge. You never know what doors it's going to open up for you.”

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“Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.”

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Born: September 18, 1951
Known for: Doctor
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