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confining life to an eternal present is an insidious form of soul murder

Cornel West

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.
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Inspirational Loyalty Relationship
As human beings, everyone has stuff coming at them, and a certain kind of fear.
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Certain Kind Stuff
Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)
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Democracy Majority Rights
You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth
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Speak Suffering Want
Interrogate yours hidden assumptions
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Assumption Hidden Interrogate
I do believe that not just the churches but strong communities, strong trade unions, strong families can make a difference in terms of producing persons much more virtuous than what one usually finds in a gangster culture.
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Belief Difference Strong
Going all the way back to Jeremiah Wright and Tavis Smiley and Van Jones and even Shirley Sherrod and maybe even Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel. We’re going to see what his [Barack Obama] response is.
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Smiley Water Way
Isabel Wilkerson’s book is a masterful narrative of the rich wisdom and deep courage of a great people. Don’t miss it!
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Book Miss People
Profound music leads us beyond language…to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence.
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Dark Profound Root
When you place a high value on truth, you have to think for yourself.
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Think Thinking Value Yourself
Anger can be a bitterness that devours your soul while righteous indignation is morally driven, it’s ethically driven.
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Bitterness Driven Soul
John Coltrane was an addict; Billie Holiday was an addict; Eugene O’Neill was an addict. What would America be without addicts and post-addicts who make such grand contributions to our society?
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Country Holiday Our People Society
Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.
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Culture Hip Hop Rap
Anytime I look at a president, I don’t care what color he is.
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Color Looks President
When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots.
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Ordinary People Wake
Rage is fine as long as it doesn’t deteriorate into bitterness.
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Bitterness Long Rage

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