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January 2009 
O on LS
Posted on Dec 23rd, 2008
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L'el
L'el
Barack Obama, being interviewed by the LA Times:
"One of the luxuries of going to Harvard Law School is it means you can take risks in your life. You can try to do things to improve society and still land on your feet … I come from a lot of worlds and I have had the unique opportunity to move through different circles. I have worked and lived in poor black communities and I can translate some of their concerns into words that the larger society can embrace."
Many professionals do not understand how much freedom to take risks they actually have.
But more than that, I love his remark about living in different worlds and moving between different circles. It is the antithesis of the reality subscribed to by characters in Tom Wolff novels-- and many now-jobless Wall Street types-- who still believe that "there are no second Acts in American lives."
Nothing could be further from the truth. We lead many, many lives-- in succession, and all at once. A way of living to be sought out and celebrated.
"One of the luxuries of going to Harvard Law School is it means you can take risks in your life. You can try to do things to improve society and still land on your feet … I come from a lot of worlds and I have had the unique opportunity to move through different circles. I have worked and lived in poor black communities and I can translate some of their concerns into words that the larger society can embrace."
Many professionals do not understand how much freedom to take risks they actually have.
But more than that, I love his remark about living in different worlds and moving between different circles. It is the antithesis of the reality subscribed to by characters in Tom Wolff novels-- and many now-jobless Wall Street types-- who still believe that "there are no second Acts in American lives."
Nothing could be further from the truth. We lead many, many lives-- in succession, and all at once. A way of living to be sought out and celebrated.
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