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"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."
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"From the port of ideas, not only the most clever ones put out to sea and conquer the world but also the most stupid ones do this!"

"Give people films, they will forget after a few weeks, but give people ideas, they will assimilate them into their consciousness."

"Through your ideas, you open the window of your mind and say a hello to the world."

"An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!"

"Unless you close your door to other ideas, you will never remain idealess!"

"Ideas are the invisible Gods of our universe!"

"Create a good idea and leave it in the darkness; you will then see that people will come with the candles in their hands to find it, because just like the bad, the good has also a special scent!"

"You can always borrow ideas; but unless you improve them very significantly, never behave as if they are your own!"
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"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?'"

"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?"

"There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing."

"Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches."

"What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out."

"There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs."

"It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another."

"Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence."
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