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"Compassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts. By doing this we give them an opportunity to elevate their personal situations, which eventually decreases our need to take care of them and empowers them to be able to exercise compassion toward others."
"What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win... What we've got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems."
"When I treat other people with kindness and love, it is part of my way of paying my debt to God and the world for the privilege of living on this planet."
"I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is hand the election over to the Democrats. I don't know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they'll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening."
"Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it."
"I serve God, and my purpose is to please Him, and if God be for you, who can be against you?"
"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."
"If we develop in-depth knowledge, it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world."
"The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care."
"People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense."
"Maybe that's the problem. But whether they've heard it of not. The issue is the train that is going off the cliff. After we save the country, after we keep the train from going off the cliff, I would welcome, quite frankly, a discussion of morality in this country. I think it would be a wonderful thing if we bring back our Judeo-Christian values once again. I think it could do nothing but help us. I would be all in favor of that."
"I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it's followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life."
"I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal."
"We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else's problems."
"I think of success as reaching beyond ourselves and helping other people in specific ways."
"One of the reasons surgeons have so much trouble separating Siamese twins is that nobody gets to do many of them. On the table, the anatomy is so different from normal, that you're constantly trying to figure out, 'Can I cut this? Does this wire lead to what?' It's like trying to defuse a bomb."
"There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe."
"Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with"
"No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best."
"Just because somebody happens to disagree with you about something doesn't mean that they become your mortal enemy and that you should try to destroy them and destroy their life and destroy their family."