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I have a greater goal - to empower young people through music education.


Ruben Studdard

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-- by John VanDyke Wilmerding II

this is my letter to a young ...
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Africa! Africa! Africa!
Africa my motherland!
Africa, your people cries for you!
Afr...
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-- from The Sexual Side of ...
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ISRAELMORE AYIVOR And my goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union...
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JAMES MURPHY I see a system where we empower our state, where we empower our communities.
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