"Barack Obama's strategy is to get away from anything having to do with race as quickly as he can. His fear is that that might open a Pandora's Box."

-- Shelby Steele

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“It is no secret that many Islamic movements in the Middle East tend to be authoritarian, and some of the so-called 'Islamic regimes' such as Saudi Arabia, Iran - and the worst case was the Taliban in Afghanistan - they are pretty authoritarian. No doubt about that.”
“I worked on true Baconian principles, and without any theory collected facts.”
“Many friends have expressed concern that a religious fanatic will try to kill me when I go to Africa. After all, Iâ€™ll be speaking out against a crime many fundamentalists consider a holy practice. Iâ€™m sure my work will be dangerous, and I admit to being scaredâ€¦. But my faith tells me to be strong, that God led me down this path for a reason. He has work for me to do. This is my mission. And I believe that long before the day I was born, God chose the day I will die, so I canâ€™t change that. In the meantime, I might as well take a chance, because thatâ€™s what Iâ€™ve done all my life.”
“I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it.”
“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.”
“Does a being who requires meaning find meaning in a universe that has no meaning?”
“I'm a rock star among geeks, wonks, and nerds.”

Source : "‘Dr. Doom’ economist Nouriel Roubini forced to remove giant hot tub" by Emily Smith, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2013.
“I happen to be a twin. I grew up half of my life with someone who looks and sounds like me. And I believe it's possible to hold twin desires in your head, such as the desire to create painting and destroy painting at once. The desire to look at a black American culture as underserved, in need of representation, a desire to mine that said culture and to lay its parts bare and look at it almost clinically.”

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