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To be great in our times too often means to have great prosperity and no moral magnanimity at all.
Cornel West
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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
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Oklahoma
Cornel Ronald West
Cornel R. West
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If you are always trying to do something for a cause bigger than you - connected with serving others - then it is hard to be guilty.
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And when I talk about love, I'm talking about something that's great, though, brother. I'm talking about something that will sustain you.
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