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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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We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property. – Cornel West

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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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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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The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of – its just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be. – Benjamin Netanyahu

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The only time a relationship is good is when you really love them. – Leighton Meester

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In any relationship that comes to an end, theres never just a baseline reason why. You say, Oh, I broke up with my girlfriend. Someone says, Why? You say, Well, you got three hours? And then maybe after I tell you my version, youve got to talk to her. – Michael Rapaport

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I wasnt smart enough to read relationship books when I was coming up. I learned everything the hard way. – Michael Ealy

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Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Your body tells you what it needs, and if you sleep past your alarm on a Saturday morning, its probably because you need the sleep. – Sophia Bush

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