Quote by Cornel West
Every president needs to deal with the permanent government of the

Every president needs to deal with the permanent government of the country, and the permanent government of the country is Wall Street oligarchs and corporate plutocrats and the questions becomes what is the relationship between that president and Wall Street. – Cornel West

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Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, thats being pushed to the margins, and you can see it. – Cornel West

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Trust
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A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks whats best for all. – Cornel West

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Education
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My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant African father, hes always had to fear being a white man with black skin. All he has known culturally is white. He has a certain rootlessness, a deracination. – Cornel West

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I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, whos from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasnt actively shooting, theres a lot of peripheral work. – Claire Danes

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Well, I dont know if this is true of everyone, but I have this relationship with my parents where, despite however mature or articulate or grown-up I think Ive become, as soon as I go home, I turn into this petulant 13-year-old, especially with the tone of my voice. – Jenna Fischer

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relationship

Once you accept the existence of God – however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him – then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things. – Morris West

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relationship

Theres such an extreme feeling to be in love, especially in quite an emotionally destructive relationship, where youre both kind of really bad for each other, but you love each other so much. Those extreme emotions, I think, can only be described with extreme imagery. – Florence Welch

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It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete. – Norman Cousins

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Theres something very beautiful and compelling about someone who has ambition and someone who knows what they want, but it can get a little frustrating at times, so I understand that. I have sympathy for that. – Michael Ealy

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Im definitely bicoastal, but I have to say, its easier to live in New York than in L.A. I feel like people respect other peoples space a bit more here. – Mary-Kate Olsen

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Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death. – John Ralston Saul

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