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Cornel West (1953) African-American philosopher and political/civil rights activist
“If stocks are optimistic, then so am I.”
Kudlow's Money Politics blog http://kudlowsmoneypolitics.blogspot.com/2007/09/september-optimism.html, September 4, 2007.
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