"Barack the boy was raised by his white maternal grandparents; his Kenyan father abandoned him. The qualities Americans appeared to find universally appealing in the ambitious, affable Obama his confidence and calm, and his commitment to community and kin, education and excellence these came from Kansas, not Kenya."

-- Ilana Mercer

#Father Quotes #Commitment Quotes #Boys Quotes

“When philosophers try to understand consciousness, much of what they claim is not conceptual analysis at all, though it may be shopped under that description.”

Source : "Causal machines". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 10, 2012.
“History repeats itself over and over again, but most of us have short memories.”
“It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.”
“Kiss me with your eyes.”
“Light threatens, is active, is gone, so it is with a song.”
“It is easy to do things for our own families and loved ones, but to give of our substance for the stranger who is in need is the real test of our charity and love for our fellowmen.”
“A community, a family, is a group of people who share common stories. The health of any community depends directly on the health of the stories the community embraces.”
“You do not lose your value or preciousness when you grow to be a adult. You are still that miraculous creation. You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.”

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