Name: 奧巴馬總統和夫人的白宮詩會開幕（8人中的1人）。 (President and Mrs. Obama Open White House Poetry Jam (1 of 8))
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It is a great pleasure to welcome all of you to the White

House for an evening of music and poetry and spoken word --

-- from some of our nation's most gifted performers,

both distinguished veterans and up and coming young talents.

Now, we're here tonight not just to enjoy the works of these

artists, but also to highlight the importance of the arts in

our life and in our nation and our nation's history.

We're here to celebrate the power of words and music to help

us appreciate beauty, but also to understand pain;

to inspire us to action and to spur us on when we start to lose

hope; to lift us up out of our daily existence,

even if it's just for a few moments, and return us with

hearts that are a little bit bigger and fuller than they were before.

The great jazz musician Louis Armstrong once said simply,

And that is what these artists do - they express the joys and

hardships of life and remind us how much all of us have in common.

It's a great gift and a great responsibility and we're honored

to host them here at the White House tonight.

I now have the privilege of introducing the star of the

show, somebody who brings a lot of poetry to my own life,

We are so pleased to be hosting an evening of poetry, music,

See, you just want to clap just saying that, right?

Tonight's event is really just another way for us to open up

the White House and once again make it the "People's House;"

to invite people from all different backgrounds to come

and share their stories and speak their minds;

for all of us to learn about different forms of communication

and to be open to hearing other people's voices, for it is one

thing for people to tell their stories in their own spaces and

quite another for those stories to be welcomed in this space.

Barack is President today because many people who thought

their voices didn't matter, or wouldn't be heard,

decided to show up on election day and vote anyway.

And that is the beauty of our democracy and we have to

remember that democracy is really, really big.

It has room for lots of voices which at some times take us out

And that's one of the reasons why I am so excited about tonight.

Let me tell you, I have wanted to do this from day one.

The notion of standing in this room and hearing some poetry and

But it's important for us to remember that this White House

is committed to maintaining this openness and making this place a

And the President and I are so proud to welcome this group of

talented performers and we're just excited to welcome this

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奧巴馬總統和夫人的白宮詩會開幕（8人中的1人）。 (President and Mrs. Obama Open White House Poetry Jam (1 of 8))

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