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Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 12
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Herbert Jeffrey Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
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I try to practice with my life.
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People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working.
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If you're not judging what happens, then you're trusting what others are doing, what you're playing, and trusting what you're playing.And it can lead you to other ideas, to something maybe you hadn't expressed before.
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I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.
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