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How to refuse a million

06:49 pm on Oct 11th 2009 Janet

Of all that’s been said in the past few days about President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, I like David Brooks’ comments on the Newshour best:

I personally think it would have been certainly dramatic and maybe the right thing to do to turn it down, to say, “Listen, I don’t deserve it.” He already said that. “I some day hope to deserve it. But this is not something that I have merited yet. And I’m a humble person. I’m aware of who I am and what I have achieved so far. And, so far, I don’t think I earned this.”

Wouldn’t that have been something?

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2 Responses to “How to refuse a million”

  1. DebD says:
    October 11, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    That would have been a pleasant surprise.

  2. Barbara H. says:
    October 13, 2009 at 10:13 am

    That would have been refreshing.