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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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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Fear
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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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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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I was writing short films and I was going through this really, really, really terrible end of a relationship that I didnt want to be going through. It was too much for me to process and all of a sudden I had this idea for my first feature film and I knew right away I had to start writing it. – Evan Glodell

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The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You cant just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you dont know them. Its the same thing with a relationship. – Leighton Meester

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When people hold you in high esteem, its very delicate relationship. When they meet you theyre putting all their chips up. Its make or break. – Henry Rollins

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As you get older you have more respect and empathy for your parents. Now I have a great relationship with both of them. – Hugh Jackman

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Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. – Vernor Vinge

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If my father had hugged me even once, Id be an accountant right now. – Ray Romano

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