#now

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, he's 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

#always #barack #barack obama #being #black

If they think they have issues with the president not doing enough for the poor now, wait and see what happens if the opposition takes office. Then they would really need a poverty tour. ↗

— Cornel West

#enough #happens #issues #need #now

We want an economic team, Paul Krugman and Robert Kuttner, Joseph Steiglitz's people and others, who say, you know what? We're sophisticated economists but we're concerned about poor and working people. ↗

— Cornel West

#concerned #economic #economists #joseph #know

We want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the Supreme Court decisions. ↗

— Cornel West

#between #corporate #court #decisions #goes

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap. ↗

— Dominic West

#because #big #british #british actors #cheap

I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid. ↗

— Kanye West

#gettin #i #know #laid #paid

I know I got angels watchin me from the other side. ↗

— Kanye West

#got #i #know #me #other

Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them. ↗

— Kanye West

#always #doing #know #like #more

I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides. ↗

— Kanye West

#bad #calculating #good #i #know

The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?' ↗

— Kanye West

#amount #apply #art #art world #board