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Shelby Steele

"I grew during segregation in an all-black segregated neighborhood with segregated schools, etcetera. I was raised by a great father, my hero, who I much admired. So, I never really had anxiety in the way that someone like Obama would have. When he walks down the street alone, since no one knows who his mother is, they're just going to see him as a black guy."

Source : "Shelby Steele: The Why Obama Can’t Win Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. February 27, 2008.

Shelby Steele

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Hero Quotes

“Independent labels take nothing and make something out of it. Major labels buy that something, and try to make more out of it.”
“Only indiscriminate love can make us free.”
“There are many ways to be influential. You can work for politicians or in government and make a difference. And for young women who are interested in running for office, you just have to decide you're going to follow Eleanor Roosevelt's maxim about growing skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros, and you have to be incredibly well-prepared - better prepared [than a man], actually - and you have to figure out how you're going to present yourself, and you have to have a support group around you, because it can be really a brutal experience.”
“I got back in my car, starting the engine, then drove off. It wasn't until I pulled onto the highway that it all really sunk it, how temporary our friendship had been. We'd been on our breaks, after all, but it wasn't our relationships that were on pause: it was us. Now we were both in motion again, moving ahead. So what if there were questions left unanswered. Life went on. We knew that better than anyone.”
“Everything is calm, happier, and less stressed. As soon as you drive into the park, itâ€™s like youâ€™ve entered an oasis.”
“No one is kept in poverty by a shortness in the supply of riches, there is more than enough for all.”
“The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.”
“I had the benefit of experiencing a hundred times more than the average kid. I don't look back with regret at all. It was the best life ever.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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