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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Lincoln says, "The free society is not and will not be a failure." That Lincoln and Marx...

Lincoln says, "The free society is not and will not be a failure." That Lincoln and Marx agree on

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Lincoln says,
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"The free society is not and will not be a failure."
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That Lincoln and Marx agree on.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
02:39:26
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.
The definition of that free society, they disagree on. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The definition of that free society, they disagree on.
Those two groups of people, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
Those two groups of people,
It's been good for him. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It's been good for him.
Let's hear it, New York! - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Let's hear it, New York!
Genet took these very marginalized people, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
Genet took these very marginalized people,
The Thief's Journal is my favorite book of Genet, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
The Thief's Journal is my favorite book of Genet,
I love it because he takes, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
I love it because he takes,
It's a memoir, yet it's completely true - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
It's a memoir, yet it's completely true
Because that's the kind of guy Genet was. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Because that's the kind of guy Genet was.
But when I say false, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
But when I say false,
And in this way it's close to what Anselm Kiefer says. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And in this way it's close to what Anselm Kiefer says.
Yes, and I think that, you know, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Yes, and I think that, you know,
Whose memoirs do you like?" - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Whose memoirs do you like?"
Really strange that I should be writing nonfiction, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Really strange that I should be writing nonfiction,
But, um... but that's the kind of, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
But, um... but that's the kind of,
I didn't want to just sit and write an autobiography. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I didn't want to just sit and write an autobiography.
I wanted to, you know... And you don't. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I wanted to, you know... And you don't.
Just write about real time, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Just write about real time,
It contains, you know, spinning off. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
It contains, you know, spinning off.
It contains, uh, uh, misinterpretation. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It contains, uh, uh, misinterpretation.