Quote by Dave Brubeck
Im beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to

Im beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82. – Dave Brubeck

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Many people dont understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz… And that is really the idea of democracy – freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You dont just get out there and do anything you want. – Dave Brubeck

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My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd. – Dave Brubeck

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Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States. – Dave Brubeck

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Life in abundance comes only through great love. – Elbert Hubbard

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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. – Otto von Bismarck

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Dont wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them. – Orison Swett Marden

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No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. – George Eliot

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