confining life to an eternal present is an insidious form of soul murder
CORNEL WESTYou must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth
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It’s true that in reading an interview, I have a little critique of the objectification of women in a [Playboy] magazine that is perceived to doing that.
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Death is always a constant possibility and probability and of course an inevitability, as well.
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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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Anytime I look at a president, I don’t care what color he is.
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I’m actually with the classics in general in terms of understanding truth in an existential mode. Therefore, philosophy becomes more a way of life as opposed to simply a mode of discourse.
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Rage is fine as long as it doesn’t deteriorate into bitterness.
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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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I don’t draw any distinctions between forms of bigotry or forms of ideology that lose sight of the humanity of people. I can’t stand white supremacy. I can’t stand male supremacy. I can’t stand imperial subjugation. I can’t stand homophobia.
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Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent.
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You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth
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As human beings, everyone has stuff coming at them, and a certain kind of fear.
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You can’t have a high-quality relationship without time and without trust.
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When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots.
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I loathe nationalism. It is a form of tribalism–the idolatry of the 20th century.
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I certainly support the right of the gay brothers and sisters to come together. I believe true love can take a number of different forms. If they choose to be married that’s fine, but the important thing is I hope they find love
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