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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

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Overview

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a 2009 biographical television drama film directed and co-produced by Thomas Carter, written by John Pielmeier, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise and Aunjanue Ellis. The film is based on the autobiography of neurosurgeon Ben Carson, which was co-written by Cecil Murphey and published under the same title in 1990. A Johnson & Johnson Spotlight Presentation, the movie premiered on TNT on Saturday, February 7, 2009.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.”
— "Conversation with Dr. Ben Carson: The Big Picture", PBS NewsHour (September 7, 1999)
“I can provide one living example of someone who made it and who came from what we now call a disadvantaged background: me.”
— p. 125
“When I don't have an answer, I pray. God is the only alternative source of help.”
— p. 147
“In our culture, security has become an obsession.”
— p. 7
“I learned that with great responsibility often come great honor and opportunity.”
— p. 85
“When someone is being particularly mean and nasty, I simply think to myself, He or she used to be a cute little baby, I wonder what happened?”
— Ch. 2: 'Political Correctness'

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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Overview

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a 2009 biographical television drama film directed and co-produced by Thomas Carter, written by John Pielmeier, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise and Aunjanue Ellis. The film is based on the autobiography of neurosurgeon Ben Carson, which was co-written by Cecil Murphey and published under the same title in 1990. A Johnson & Johnson Spotlight Presentation, the movie premiered on TNT on Saturday, February 7, 2009.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.”
— "Conversation with Dr. Ben Carson: The Big Picture", PBS NewsHour (September 7, 1999)
“I can provide one living example of someone who made it and who came from what we now call a disadvantaged background: me.”
— p. 125
“When I don't have an answer, I pray. God is the only alternative source of help.”
— p. 147
“In our culture, security has become an obsession.”
— p. 7
“I learned that with great responsibility often come great honor and opportunity.”
— p. 85
“When someone is being particularly mean and nasty, I simply think to myself, He or she used to be a cute little baby, I wonder what happened?”
— Ch. 2: 'Political Correctness'

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.