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Of course, no religious test for the presidency - every faith adds to our national character.

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You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can - prepare, pray and achieve - to make it happen.
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Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home.
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What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.
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Why should we be letting people smoke their cigars in their comfortable chairs in Raqqa?
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You pray for yourself and just ask God to give you strength.
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There's absolutely no reason at all that physicians, scientists, shouldn't be involved in things that affect all of us.
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I always think it is kind of funny when it comes to wisdom, and I say God has a sense of humor, because my middle name is Solomon, and I love the Book of Proverbs which is written by Solomon, and I have read from the Book of Proverbs to start and end every day since I was 14.
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I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.
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I don't do a lot of talking. I do a lot of doing. And really, it says more about a person than how much they talk.
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If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.
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You have yourself to blame.
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Maybe that's how I learned to handle my deep hurt - by forgetting.
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By thinking big, we can transform our world.
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People are starving for that coming out of Washington. And it's not a Democrat thing or a Republican thing. I think it's a politician thing.
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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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Now, as far as monitoring is concerned, what my point is, we need to make sure that any place - I don't care whether it's a mosque, a school, a supermarket, a theater, you know it doesn't matter. If there are a lot of people getting there and engaging in radicalizing activities then we need to be suspicious of it.
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