"It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it. Even so, it will always be the same possibilities, either in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does not value the actuality over the idea. It is he who first gives the new possibilities their meaning, their directions, and he awakens them."
- Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is done with you."
- David Foster Wallace
Obama Begins Work as a Community Organizer
Obama holds a meeting with citizens on the South Side of Chicago. His first foray into grass-roots politics began in 1985. He later credited his organizing experience with teaching him how to build diverse political coalitions.
Our president was a social worker. :-)