Commitment Quote by Cornel West

“We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.”

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There has certainly been ugly, right-wing hatred targeting Barack Obama.

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What is accurately portrayed is the rich humanity not just of Martin Luther King but of the movement, which was a multiracial movement. You…

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I feel as if I have been blessed to undergo a transformation from 'gangster' to 'redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities.'

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“Like King, we need to put on our cemetery clothes and be coffin-ready for the next great democratic battle.”

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“You can't really move forward until you look back. [From Remaking America panel discussion at George Washington University]”

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When we think of globalization we are thinking in part of structures and institutions that have been developed over time and that have allowed…

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The challenge artists face today is whether to be an underground, unheard genius, or to dilute their art for the marketplace.

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The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this regard, they…

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For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo.

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I don't draw any distinctions between forms of bigotry or forms of ideology that lose sight of the humanity of people. I can't stand…

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Barack Obama has domesticated the left in such a way that we feel as if we have no alternative but him...I refuse to accept…

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Larry Summers, I think, he had a long history of arrogance and relative ignorance about poor people's culture and working people's culture and so…

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Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.

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We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines…

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Certainly these are not easy times. But history does not contain very many easy times. Years from now, we will look back at this…

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Golf is such a big commitment, and so is acting. Sometimes you have to give up something to do something else, although, when I'm…

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All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can…

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