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The Individuals Inside Are Frequently Fighting That Their Individual Voices Be Heard, While The Walls Of The Place, Which Are The Mask, And The Perception, Are Reluctant To Give Over To The Voices Of The Individuals. Those In The Margins Are Always Trying To Get To The Center, And Those At The Center, Frequently In The Name Of Tradition, Are Trying To Keep The Margins At A Distance. Part Of The Identity Of A Place Is The Tension Between Those In The Margins, And Those In The Center, And They All Live Behind The Walls Which Wear The Tradition.

If I Do Three Interviews In A Day, I Can Be Exhausted, Because The Process Of Hearing Everyone Requires That I Empty Out Myself. While I'm Listening, My Own Judgments And Prejudices Certainly Come Up. But I Know I Won't Get Anything Unless I Get Those Things Out Of The Way.

You Know If We Were To Look Back And How We Were In 1955 Living In Jim Crow, Living In Segregation, Living In Segregated Schools, It's Hard To Believe That It Was America, But It Really Was.

Learning Is A Tunnel Experience That Makes Us Think More Broadly.

I Think As A Kid I Always Liked To Listen To People. I Loved Hearing Stories.