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There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.
Cornel West
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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Cornel Ronald West
Cornel R. West
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I think we must never, ever demonize one another. That's true not just black people to black people that's human being to human being.
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