Dave Brubeck Quotes

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.

Dave Brubeck

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FreedomVoiceMusiciansJazzLeave

Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part.

John Bright

GreatSmallMeasureHonestPart

No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.

Mel Brooks

WriteAlmostSongsThemselves

Dead bodies do get a grayish blue/purple hue because blood pools in the capillaries and the body starts to decompose. It's not smurf blue, but it's not a pleasant shade.

Ann Hood

BlueBodyBloodDeadShadeGet

We all know that Ray Kroc founded the McDonald's franchise back in the 1950s, and it then became the most successful business enterprise in history.

Michael Gerber

BusinessHistoryBackMcDonaldKnow

Teens have a sensational narcissism and genuinely believe that their experiences are unique and can't be explained to adults. But we forgive them for their mistakes and naivete.

Stephanie Savage

MistakesBelieveUniqueNarcissism

The iPod Shuffle was something unique for Apple: a device stripped down to a single function.

Steven Levy

UniqueAppleDownSingleSomething

The platform we had in Dallas, the 1984 Republican platform, all the ideas we supported there - from tax policy, to foreign policy; from individual rights, to neighborhood security - are things that Jefferson Davis and his people believed in.

Trent Lott

PeopleIdeasSecurityTaxRepublican

I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.

Diablo Cody

LoveMoreOpenJustBlankReally

I had a big event in my personal life. Then I reevaluated and started going to theology class, and then I found my husband.

Ali Landry

LifeHusbandPersonalClassBig

I've known Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and they're two of the most independent people I've ever known in my life, and the thought we could somehow bend their views I find really beyond my capacity to believe.

Peter George Peterson

LifePeopleBelieveThoughtMy Life

I think that we scientists are seeking an understanding of the natural world. We come in various types - chemists and physicists and biologists and such - and we all have the same goal. We are making progress.

Sheldon Lee Glashow

ProgressWorldThinkUnderstanding

When I came to DreamWorks, I was in bad trouble. They were in bad trouble. They were millions of dollars in the hole and a few days from closing their doors. I was on my last leg.

Toby Keith

DoorsBadTroubleClosingDaysLeg

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