#leans

The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#important #important point #new #new orleans #orleans

This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#extend #gives #king #legacy #new

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#because #been #city #cosmopolitan #creole

The dirty little secret is that the pool man, who's making $30,000 a year, is subsidizing the million-dollar mortgage for the family whose pool he cleans. No wonder people want to get rid of tax breaks for corporate jets. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#cleans #corporate #dirty #family #get

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. ↗

— Ross Perot

#activist #cleans #dirty #man #river

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#boy #face #i #just #name

My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#father #full #i #jackson #kinds

Sage is cleansing and sacred. ↗

— Pink

#sacred #sage

Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#by the people #city #communities #created #creole

In '71 or '72 I returned to New Orleans and stayed there. I started cooking Louisiana food. Of all the things I had cooked, it was the best-and it was my heritage. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#cooking #food #had #heritage #i