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Our Quotes by Ken Burns
- History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.
- Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.
- The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.
- I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to see what it tells us about who we are as a…
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