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Tip-Off #39 - Nina Simone and Mozart

Tip-Off #39 - Nina Simone and Mozart

Holding on to be free

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William Green
Sep 10, 2022
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Tip-Off #39 - Nina Simone and Mozart
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I wish I knew how

It would feel to be free.

I wish I could break 

All the chains holding me.

 - Nina Simone

This hit song from the civil rights era comes to mind whenever I think of my alma mater, a fine liberal arts college. Very liberal - existentially so. Everything had to be meaningful. "Good morning" was met by a qui…

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