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“Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.”
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“When you love poor people THAT MUCH, when you love 'working people' THAT MUCH, that makes you the freest man/woman in the country."
- Cornel West in explaining that Obama is A fulfillment of MLK's dream not THE fulfillment of MLK's dream”
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- Cornel West in explaining that Obama is A fulfillment of MLK's dream not THE fulfillment of MLK's dream”
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“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.”
― This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
― This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
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