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<v Speaker 1>I told Mr.

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<v Speaker 2>Washington I wanted to become a disc jockey. Someone asked

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<v Speaker 2>me to tell this story. And he said, Les Brown,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, if you want to do anything worthwhile in life, you've.

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<v Speaker 1>Got to be hungry.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I started working to develop myself. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to practice every day being a disc jockey.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, but I don't have any job now. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't matter. He said that it's better to be

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<v Speaker 2>prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to

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<v Speaker 2>have an opportunity and not be prepared. So every day

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<v Speaker 2>I was working to develop myself. And that's what you

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<v Speaker 2>must do. And as I was working to develop myself,

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<v Speaker 2>I applied for a job as a disc jockey, WNBM

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<v Speaker 2>on Miami Beach. I went to a guy named Milton Butterball.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, how you doing, Mr.

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<v Speaker 1>Butterball? I'd like to get a job as a disc jockey.

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<v Speaker 1>He looked at me. He said, do you have any

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<v Speaker 1>broadcast background? I said, no, sir, I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have any journalism background?

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<v Speaker 1>I said, no, sir, I don't. He said, we don't

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<v Speaker 1>have any jobs available. I said, yes, sir.

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<v Speaker 2>I went back to Mr. Washington, and I told him.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, don't take it personally. He said, most people

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<v Speaker 2>are so negative, they will have to say no seven

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<v Speaker 2>times before they say yes. He said, go back again.

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<v Speaker 2>So I went back again. I said, how are you doing, Mr.

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<v Speaker 1>Butterball? My name is Les Brown. He said, I know

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<v Speaker 1>what your name is. What do you want?

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I'd like to know whether or not you

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<v Speaker 2>have any jobs at this jockey, sir. He said, didn't

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<v Speaker 2>I just tell you yesterday we didn't have any jobs?

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<v Speaker 1>I said, yes, sir. But I know whether or not

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<v Speaker 1>somebody got laid off or somebody was fired, sir. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>no one was laid off or fired. Now get on

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<v Speaker 1>out of here. I came back the next day. Hello, Mr.

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<v Speaker 3>Butterball.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you? He said, fine.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you want now? I said, I'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>know whether or not you got any jobs, sir. Did

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<v Speaker 2>that tell you the last two days we didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>any jobs?

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<v Speaker 1>I said, yes, sir.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't know whether or not somebody got sick

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<v Speaker 2>or somebody died, sir. He said, no one got sick

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<v Speaker 2>or died. Now, don't come back here and throw me

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<v Speaker 2>out again. I came back the next day like I

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<v Speaker 2>was seeing him for the first time.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, hello, Mr. Butterball.

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<v Speaker 3>How are you?

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<v Speaker 1>He looked at me with rage. He said, go get

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<v Speaker 1>me some coffee. I said, yes, sir. And I went

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<v Speaker 1>to get him some coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>After a while, I would give their lunch and dinner

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<v Speaker 2>and I would go in the control rooms and take

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<v Speaker 2>the disc jockeys their food and I would not leave

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<v Speaker 2>until they would ask me to leave.

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<v Speaker 1>Then they started trusting.

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<v Speaker 2>Me to pick up entertainers that came to town. Entertainers

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<v Speaker 2>like the Four Tops and the Temptations and Diana Ross

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<v Speaker 2>and the Supremes. I would drive them all over Miami

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<v Speaker 2>Beach in the disc jockeys, big long Cadillacs. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have any driver's license, but I was driving like I

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<v Speaker 2>had some. And one day, one Saturday afternoon, while I

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<v Speaker 2>was at the radio station, a guy named Rock was

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<v Speaker 2>drinking while he was on the air.

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<v Speaker 1>I was the only one there looking at him.

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<v Speaker 2>Through the control room windows, walking back and forth, young, ready,

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<v Speaker 2>and hungry.

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<v Speaker 1>I was saying, drink, rock, drink. Drink, rock.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd have gone to get him some more if he'd

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<v Speaker 2>asked me to. Pretty soon the phone rang and it

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<v Speaker 2>was the general manager.

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<v Speaker 1>And I answered the phone. I said, hello? He said, Les,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Mr. Klein.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I know. He said, Rock can't finish his program.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I know. He said, would you call one

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<v Speaker 2>of the other DJs in? I said, yes, sir. I

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<v Speaker 2>hung the phone up.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, now he must be thinking I'm crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I called my mom and my girlfriend, Cassandra. I said,

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<v Speaker 2>y'all turn up the radio and come out on the

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<v Speaker 2>front porch. I'm about to come.

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<v Speaker 1>On the air. I waited for about 20 minutes. And

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<v Speaker 1>I called him back. I said, Mr.

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<v Speaker 2>Klein, I can't find nobody. He said, young boy, do

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<v Speaker 2>you know how to work the controls?

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<v Speaker 1>I said, yes, sir. He said, go in there and

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<v Speaker 1>don't say nothing here. I said, yes, sir. I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>wait to get behind those controls. I put on an

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<v Speaker 1>old Stevie Wonder record called Fingertips.

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<v Speaker 2>I sat down behind that turntable. I said, look out,

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<v Speaker 2>this is me, LV Triple P. Les Brown, your platter

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<v Speaker 2>playing popper. There were none before me and there will

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<v Speaker 2>be none after me.

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<v Speaker 1>Therefore, that makes me the one and only. Young and

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<v Speaker 1>single and love to mingle.

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<v Speaker 2>Certified, bona fide, indubitably qualified to bring you satisfaction.

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<v Speaker 1>A whole lot of action. Look out, baby, I'm your

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<v Speaker 1>love man. I was hungry.

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<v Speaker 3>I was hungry.

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<v Speaker 1>I was hungry.

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<v Speaker 3>You got to be hungry. You got to be hungry. So,

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<v Speaker 3>ladies and gentlemen.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to make your dream become reality, the

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<v Speaker 2>people that are running at their dreams know that it's

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<v Speaker 2>possible that you can live your dream. That it's necessary

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<v Speaker 2>that you're relentless, that you have a plan of action,

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<v Speaker 2>that you are creative. The people that are living their

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<v Speaker 2>dream are fighting winners to attach themselves to. The people

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<v Speaker 2>that are living their dreams are the people that know

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<v Speaker 2>that if it's going.

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<v Speaker 1>To happen, it's up to them.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're resolving within themselves, it's not over until I win.

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<v Speaker 2>The people that are running after their dream know they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to have hard times. They keep on running because

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<v Speaker 2>they're saying within themselves, I'm the one.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the one. No matter how bad it is or

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<v Speaker 1>how bad it gets, I'm going to make it.

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<v Speaker 2>The people that are running after their dreams are the

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<v Speaker 2>people that are hungry. Shake somebody's hand on your right

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<v Speaker 2>and left and say, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Got to be hungry. And as you run towards your dream.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to dedicate this to you that I love

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<v Speaker 2>very much. I want to thank Dexter and all of you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's something that I'm known by. It's on our tapes

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<v Speaker 2>called Choosing Your Future, and it says simply this, that

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<v Speaker 2>if you want a thing bad enough to go out

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<v Speaker 2>and fight for it, to work day and night for it,

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<v Speaker 2>to give up your time, your peace, and your sleep

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<v Speaker 2>for it, If all that you dream and scheme is

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<v Speaker 2>about it, and life seems useless and worthless without it,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you gladly sweat for it and fret.

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<v Speaker 1>For it and plan.

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<v Speaker 2>For it and lose all your terror of the opposition

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<v Speaker 2>for it, and if you simply go after that thing

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<v Speaker 2>that you want with all of your capacity, strength in sagacity, faith, hope,

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<v Speaker 2>and confidence, and stern pertinacity. If neither cold poverty, famish

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<v Speaker 2>or galt, sickness or pain or body and brain can

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<v Speaker 2>keep you away from the thing that you want, if

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<v Speaker 2>dogged and grim you besiege and beset it, with the

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<v Speaker 2>help of God you'll get it.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Mrs.

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<v Speaker 2>Mamie Brown's baby boy, Leslie Calvin Brown, saying it's been

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<v Speaker 2>a plum-pleasing pleasure as well as a privilege.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.