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And then the tune that I ended up using
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

And then the tune that I ended up using alludes to "Isn't She Lovely." It alludes to...

And then the tune that I ended up using alludes to "Isn't She Lovely." It alludes to "Isn't She Lovely," Stevie Wonder's melody

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And then the tune that I ended up using
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alludes to "Isn't She Lovely."
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It alludes to "Isn't She Lovely,"
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Stevie Wonder's melody.
Duration
12 seconds
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33
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:50
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
But there's a joke carrying a song - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
But there's a joke carrying a song
The desire to step on your fellow countryman - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
The desire to step on your fellow countryman
So I get... I sang the song up until a few years ago, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
So I get... I sang the song up until a few years ago,
Not because, not because, no, no, she's a human being. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Not because, not because, no, no, she's a human being.
She actually died, you know, in dementia, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
She actually died, you know, in dementia,
But what she let loose in the country, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
But what she let loose in the country,
And in a democracy, I get to say what I feel, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
And in a democracy, I get to say what I feel,
If we want as a society to take advantage - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
If we want as a society to take advantage
I think the city understands that, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I think the city understands that,
It isn't unified and it isn't working towards a coherent goal. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It isn't unified and it isn't working towards a...
Other cities have, um, created... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Other cities have, um, created...
So this is the indicators from Seattle, um, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
So this is the indicators from Seattle, um,
What an inclusive city could look like. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
What an inclusive city could look like.
If you read those documents, it becomes very clear - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
If you read those documents, it becomes very clear
We're a place where people can learn skills, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
We're a place where people can learn skills,
I think there's an opportunity - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:24
I think there's an opportunity
That could be helmed by the mayor's office, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
That could be helmed by the mayor's office,
That would rationalize a bunch of the projects they're doing, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
That would rationalize a bunch of the projects they're...
Uh, again, it's a thing that other cities have done - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Uh, again, it's a thing that other cities have done
And actually people come to us all the time, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
And actually people come to us all the time,