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What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#almost #america #asking #dialect #embodies

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. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#ball #closed #complacency #corruption #democracy

We all know how powerful the web can be for raising political money. Well, if you're game, the Duke Cunningham Legal Defense Fund is apparently ready to accept your donation. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

#apparently #cunningham #defense #donation #duke

You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy. ↗

— Robert Caro

#examine #guy #only #pick #political

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. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#always #books #educated #father #grown

Record sales don't really mean anything. For us, the pressure is imagining some 15-year-old kid in Cincinnati who buys our album and doesn't feel like he wasted his pocket money. ↗

— Chris Martin

#anything #buys #cincinnati #feel #his

It's important to address young people in the reopening of New Orleans. In rebuilding, let's revisit the potential of American democracy and American glory. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#american #democracy #glory #important #new

I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character actor, there's a wider variety of projects available. On the big Hollywood films, all they care about is having their lead in place, so it's actually easier for someone like me to slip in. And I'm happy to do so. ↗

— Eddie Marsan

#actor #actually #allowed #available #big

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#capital #devoted #further #obtaining #part

In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#common #context #every #interpreted #many