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A genuinely free and educated man should be able to tune himself, as one tunes a musical instrument, absolutely arbitrarily, at his convenience at any time and to any degree, philosophically or philologically, critically or poetically, historically or rhetorically, in ancient or modern form.

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Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our neighborhoods, and our joy of living. All at once.

Creativity, Gras, Joy, Love, Love Life
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If there was no New Orleans, America would just be a bunch of free people dying of boredom. " -Judy Deck in an e-mail sent to Chris Rose

America, Free, Judy, New Orleans, Orleans, People

Dear America, I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana. . . You probably already know that we talk funny and listen to strange music and eat things you'd probably hire an exterminator to get out of your yard. We dance even if there's no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too much and laugh too loud and live too large and, frankly,we're suspicious of others who don't.

Dear, Drink, Funny, Humorous, Suspicious, Usa

The longer you live in New Orleans, the more unfit you become to live anywhere else.

Become, Live, Longer, New Orleans, Orleans, Unfit

I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to Rice to Ford, has tried to do it and fallen short. It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words and to try is to roll down a road of clichés, bouncing over beignets and beads and brass bands and it just is what it is. It is home.

Brass Bands, Home, Land, Louisiana, Roll, Tolerance

we dance even if there's no radio. we drink at funerals. we talk too much & laugh too loud & live too large, and, frankly, we're suspicious of others who don't.

Frankly, Funeral, Funerals, Laugh, Laughing, New Orleans
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