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Rage is fine as long as it doesn't deteriorate into bitterness.
Cornel West
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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
Actor
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Cornel Ronald West
Cornel R. West
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I don't believe in the elimination of evil. But I believe in fightin' against evil.
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And as a Christian, I got something the world didn't give me, the world can't take away, so I find joy that can never be reduced to anything.
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When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots.
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Martin Luther King wanted to be morally consistent and speak out against various things that were wrong, not just racism.
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