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I never had money for anything. But I tell you what did really work - books. Between the covers of those books I could go anyplace, I could be anybody, I could do anything.

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I first wanted to be a psychiatrist. I decided against that in medical school when I discovered that psychiatrists didn't, in reality, do what they did on TV.
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Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.
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No matter who you are,no matter what you do-do not be too big for GOD.
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A truly moral nation enacts policies that encourage personal responsibility and discourage self-destructive behavior by not subsidizing people who live irresponsibly and make poor choices.
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I would love us to bring back our Juedo-Christian values and begin to teach those things, at a time other than a political election.
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It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.
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Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn't understand its responsibility and feels more like it's an arm of a political party. They can really take advantage of an uninformed populace.
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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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You can understand why I'm a believer. I have seen miracles.
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Our country since its inception has been at war, every 15 or 20 years. But the war that we are fighting against radical Islamist jihadists is one that we must win. Our very existence is dependent upon that.
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Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.
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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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I always say if God didn't allow any bad things to happen we would already be in heaven, and we are not there.
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You've promised that if we come to You and ask something in faith, that You'll do it.
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Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.
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I now had enough faith not only to believe there were answer, but to feel certain that those answers would become apparent at some point in the future.
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I want the government to provide the military so we don't get invaded by somebody and destroyed. I want the government to provide the roads so I can get from point A to B. In terms of taking care of my day to day needs, I want to do that myself. I want my community to do that.
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Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.
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Things that Hillary Clinton advocates are antithetical to Christian values: killing babies, redefining institutions established by God.
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The key is to cut out the middleman and empower both doctor and patient with information about what things cost.
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