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I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress. ↗

— Oskar Werner

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You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible perfection. ↗

— Morris West

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King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens. ↗

— Cornel West

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You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it. ↗

— Cornel West

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Anytime I look at a president, I don't care what color he is. ↗

— Cornel West

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Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it. ↗

— Cornel West

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I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people. ↗

— Morris West

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If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth. ↗

— Morris West

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Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist notion of the continuity of things, the wheel of life which is what we're talking about, the ever turning wheel. ↗

— Morris West

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I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills, down to the bone and intense. ↗

— Jerry Wexler

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