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The person who has the most to do what happens to you in life is you. Not somebody else and not the environment.

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Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.
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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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I'm convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.
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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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(I'm) the only one to take out half a brain, although you would think, if you go to Washington, that someone had beat me to it.
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There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.
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Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
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I began to realize that poverty was really more of a choice than anything else and that I could change that. And it just really depended on how hard I wanted to work.
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A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.
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You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, 'Merry Christmas?' Give me a break. If people don't like it, yeah, they can go do something else.
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I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
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Secular progressivism, which attempts to remove God from the public square, is not consistent with the principles that established the USA.
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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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If someone has a Muslim background and they're willing to reject those tenets and to accept the way of life that we have and clearly will swear to place our [American] Constitution above their religion, then, of course, they will be considered infidels and heretics, but at least I would then be quite willing to support them.
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Of course, no religious test for the presidency - every faith adds to our national character.
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If you're a Christian and you're running for president and you want to make this into a theocracy, I'm not going to support you.
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What is important - what I consider success - is that we make a contribution to our world.
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