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People are still the main inspiration, and we have a responsibility to help others.
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The American educational system is in dire straits, and arts have systematically removed from our schools.
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There is a non-stop inundation of electronic media, Gioia starts.
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Gioia hopes to bring the best art to the most people through her position as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Different works have different impacts, Gioia says.
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Poetry is humanity's answer to mortality.
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"Unsaid" is about leading lives that are invisible to everyone else.
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Young artists need to learn from the art that came before them.
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Literature tries to create a conversation between the present and the past.
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Hawthorne is a rough, urban neighborhood with Catholic, working-class immigrant families.
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Big Think is a place for ideas on the Web, Victoria says.
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Victoria talks about the challenges of creating an online space for thinking people, and of getting the project off the ground.
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Victoria wanted to find a way to blend creativity and autonomy.
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Kennedy talks about how Washington has changed while he has been in office.
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