Dave Brubeck Quotes

Jazz isn't dead yet. It's the underpinning of everything in this country. Whether it's a Broadway show, or fusion, or right on through classical music, if it's coming out of the U.S., it's not going to survive unless it's got some jazz influence.

Dave Brubeck

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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

Ambrose Bierce

PowerFoolCountryVoteInstrument

Trixie Mattel has always opened doors for me. It's closed very few.

Trixie Mattel

MeDoorsAlwaysClosedFewVery

For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.

Rufus Wainwright

MeReadingiPhoneHarderThan

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Molly Ivins

BelieveThreeI BelieveTwoYears

I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that.

Chris Cornell

MyselfIdentityThoughtCreateNever

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

Christian Bale

FoolsMeanAudienceSomethingCome

My sister is a good story of resiliency. She had a full ride at UC Davis, but she left school to go to the Philippines - and then she decided to go back to school in her 40s, which surprised me. She went to UC Berkeley, and I think she was one of two African Americans in her class at Haas. She's really impressive.

Chili Davis

GoodRideSchoolMeSisterThink

I am a black woman, and I'm proud of that, but as a showrunner, I want to think about what makes me unique beyond my race.

Courtney A. Kemp

WomanI AmMeProudBlackThink

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

Coco Chanel

StyleFashionDesignSameOnly

Life is not better and more moral than it was in the '50s. It's just the same.

Claire Denis

LifeBetterMoralMoreSameJust

If I want to get my ideas out, I have to be involved in the mechanism that the world is ran by.

Boots Riley

IdeasWorldWantOutInvolvedGet

I've been trying to be the best representative for my school, my family, and the USGA as I possibly could.

Peter Uihlein

FamilyBestSchoolTryingBeen

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