Cornel West Quotes
The rule of Big Money and its attendant culture of cupidity and mendacity has so poisoned our hearts, minds and souls that a dominant self-righteous neoliberal soulcraft of smartness, dollars and bombs thrives with little opposition.
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Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a moderately popular blog. Most books sell 5, 10, or 15 thousand copies. Most are midlist books. With those people, even a modest online presence can make a difference in sales.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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It was in 1969, and I thought, wow, you know, I really didn't want to do a TV series. You know, I had my own act, and I was performing in Vegas and doing all of these exciting things.
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When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.
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I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity.
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The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time.
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I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
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I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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I've been cutting my hair ever since college. I try to do that whenever it gets rough. I'm not too cheap to go the barber shop, but I mostly try to do that by myself. I try to keep my skills sharp.
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I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort.
Gail Devers
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I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.
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Muslims have to give up three things if they want to become Europeans: They have to bid farewell to the idea of converting others, and renounce the Jihad. The third thing they need to give up is the Shariah, which is the Islamic legal system.
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We can afford to pay workers fairly, and it is the right thing to do. We also need equal pay for equal work.
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When I was diagnosed with cancer, like so many other people, my life changed forever.
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I think everybody, no matter what they eat, they should eat at least fifty percent raw food. But I eat some seafood.
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The rule of Big Money and its attendant culture of cupidity and mendacity has so poisoned our hearts, minds and souls that a dominant self-righteous neoliberal soulcraft of smartness, dollars and bombs thrives with little opposition.
