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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world?
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States.
- Best Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best way to be, is to do.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
- Good Lord
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thank the good Lord for a job.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bandstand is a sacred place.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities?
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.
- Lips
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.
- Modern
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.
- Legacy
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- Nov 07, 2020
This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King.
- One Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020