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• The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.
• Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the…
• When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited…
• My role on television is one of helping people reexamine the assumptions that they hold. I regard Dr. King. You would never…
• How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second…
• The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every…
• History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around…
• In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.
• I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I…
• That is still the case in this country for too many students, the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you don't expect…
• This whole notion of a post racial America was nonsense from the very beginning. It was a bad idea, a bad notion,…
• Take your focus off how others see you. Cease being obsessed with the need to impress your friends and your foes. Keep…

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