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Quote by Jesse Jackson
For me, Barack Obamas election was a milestone of the most extraor

For me, Barack Obamas election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before. – Jesse Jackson

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In many ways, history is marked as before and after Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down. – Jesse Jackson

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Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. Theyre free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press. – Jesse Jackson

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The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories. – Christopher Lasch

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I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with. – Zinedine Zidane

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A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. – Georges Bernanos

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I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness. – Dave Eggers

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What other people think of me is none of my business. – Gary Oldman

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But then Im one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music. – Tom Waits

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Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that Ive always looked up to. – Mike Krzyzewski

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