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- Nov 07, 2020
Ellis Quotes
From Ellis Island's history to a name that carries real weight.
Most of these Ellis quotes trace back to Ellis Island itself, used as shorthand for immigration, family history, and the start of something new in America. For more on national identity, see our American quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beginning with a trip out to Ellis Island, I saw for myself where thousands of European immigrants took their first steps onto American soil, bringing with them nothing but their ambition: people such as Erich von Stroheim and Adolph Zukor.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I do want to talk about the challenges at the border. New Mexico, if you will, has become an Ellis Island and we want to take that issue seriously and we're not going to shy away that it presents significant challenges.
- Detective
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- Nov 07, 2020
I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama!
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side of New York.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Ellis Island, I mean, you didn't go there if you arrived in first class. It was only the poorest, the people in the worst shape.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have been working with Habitat for Humanity and we have built eighty homes, 80% of which are being lived in by New Orleans' musicians. It is called the Musicians' Village and at the center is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music.
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- Nov 07, 2020