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My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his

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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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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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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I played a lot of sports and its the plays in basketball that werent worked out that are the ones that are just fantastic that you remember. We dont know the power thats within our own bodies. – Dave Brubeck

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