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the Daily Quote

Andrew McGivern

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Anthony Bourdain - Food is everything we are. It's an...

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2025/09/07

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for September 7th.Today is National Salami Day, celebrating one of the world's most enduring and beloved cured meats. Salami – that perfect balance of salt, spice, and tradition – has been bringing people together around tables for centuries. From Italian delis to charcuterie boards, from simple sandwiches to elaborate antipasto spreads, salami represents something

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Dr. Seuss - The more that you read, the more things...

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2025/09/06

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for September 6th.Today is National Read a Book Day, a wonderful celebration that encourages us all to set aside the digital distractions and reconnect with the simple pleasure of turning pages. In our world of endless notifications, streaming videos, and social media feeds, this holiday reminds us that sometimes the most enriching screen time is no screen time at

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Perfection is achieved,...

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2025/09/05

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for September 5th.Today is National Cheese Pizza Day, celebrating the purest, most fundamental form of this beloved dish. While pizza toppings have evolved into endless combinations – from pineapple controversies to gourmet truffle oil creations – the cheese pizza remains the gold standard, the baseline by which all other pizzas are measured.There's something beautifully

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Oscar Wilde - "I can resist everything except...

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2025/09/04

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for September 4th.Today is National Eat a Second Dessert Day, a wonderfully indulgent holiday that gives us permission to throw caution to the wind and enjoy life's sweeter moments. In a world that's often focused on restraint, discipline, and "everything in moderation" ,this delightful day reminds us that sometimes – just sometimes – it's perfectly okay

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Frank Lloyd Wright - The reality of the building lies...

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2025/09/03

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for September 3rd.Today is National Skyscraper Day, celebrating those monolithic towers that pierce the clouds and define our city skylines. This holiday falls on September 3rd because it marks the birthday of Louis H. Sullivan, the American architect known as the "father of skyscrapers," who was born in 1856.Sullivan revolutionized architecture with his famous

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Ray Kroc - The quality of a leader is reflected in...

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2025/09/02

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for September 2nd.Today is National Blueberry Popsicle Day, a delightfully refreshing celebration that kicks off National Blueberry Popsicle Month. Wow... a whole month of Blueberry Popsicles!!!As we transition from the peak heat of summer into the cooler days of early fall, there's something perfectly nostalgic about celebrating this frozen treat that's been cooling

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Winston Churchill - I like a man who grins when he...

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2025/09/01

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for September 1st.Today is Ginger Cat Appreciation Day, celebrating those magnificent marmalade and tabby felines with their striking orange coats and often larger-than-life personalities. This delightful holiday was created in 2014 by a Wisconsin software engineer who wanted to honor his beloved ginger companion, and it's grown into a day when cat lovers everywhere celebrate

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Ralph Waldo Emerson - Do not go where the path may...

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2025/08/31

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 31st.Today is National Eat Outside Day, celebrating the simple pleasure of dining under the open sky. Friends, fresh air, and good food are the focus of National Eat Outside Day every year on August 31. Whether it's a picnic in the park, dinner on your deck, or lunch at a sidewalk café, there's something magical about breaking bread in the great outdoors.As

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Rachel Carson - In every outthrust headland, in every...

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2025/08/30

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 30th.Today is National Beach Day, created in 2014 by pet and family lifestyle expert Colleen Paige to celebrate the beauty of our sandy shores while raising awareness about keeping them clean and protected. The timing is perfect – at the end of August, after beaches have experienced their heaviest summer use, it's an ideal moment to appreciate these natural

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James Beard - Food is our common ground, a universal...

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2025/08/29

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 29th.Today is National Chop Suey Day, celebrating one of North America's first fusion foods. Chop suey has a fascinating and somewhat mysterious origin story. While some legends claim it was invented by a chef serving Chinese and American dignitaries in 1896, the dish likely evolved from Chinese immigrants adapting traditional recipes to American tastes and

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Thomas Edison - There's a way to do it better - find it

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2025/08/28

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 28th.Today is National Burger Day, celebrating America's most iconic sandwich. The hamburger's origin story is delightfully messy, with multiple people claiming to have invented it. Louis Lassen is often credited by the Library of Congress for creating the first hamburger in 1900 at his New Haven restaurant when he slapped a Hamburg steak between two pieces

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Rainer Maria Rilke - Perhaps all the dragons in our...

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2025/08/27

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 27th.Today is National Just Because Day, which might be the most delightfully simple holiday on the calendar. Created in the late 1950s by Joseph J. Goodwin of Los Gatos, California, it started when he gave his wife a transistor radio for no special reason – just because he wanted to.That simple act of spontaneous kindness turned into a family tradition, then grew

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Josh Billings - A dog is the only thing on earth that...

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2025/08/26

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 26th.Today is National Dog Day, founded in 2004 by animal advocate Colleen Paige. She chose August 26th because it was the day her family adopted their first dog, Sheltie, when she was just 10 years old. The holiday celebrates all dogs – mixed breeds and purebreds alike – while highlighting the countless dogs in shelters waiting for homes.National Dog Day serves a

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Martin Luther King Jr - Forgiveness is not an...

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2025/08/25

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 25th.Today is National Kiss and Make Up Day, created by author Thomas M. Stern in 2001 to encourage reconciliation and forgiveness. The phrase "kiss and make up" comes from that simple, childlike way of resolving conflicts without the complicated pride that often tangles adult relationships.This holiday reminds us that holding grudges usually hurts us more than the

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Louis Sullivan - Form follows function – that has...

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2025/08/24

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 24th.Today is National Waffle Day, and it has one of the most perfectly practical origin stories you'll ever hear. We celebrate this delicious day because on August 24th, 1869, Cornelius Swartwout of Troy, New York, received a U.S. patent for his "Improvement in Waffle-Irons" – the first modern waffle iron that revolutionized how we make these beloved

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Amelia Earhart - The most difficult thing is the...

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2025/08/23

Welcome to The Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 23rd.Today is National Ride the Wind Day, a celebration that perfectly captures the spirit of freedom, adventure, and that primal human desire to soar. This special day has a fascinating origin story that combines human ingenuity with our eternal dream of flight.National Ride the Wind Day commemorates August 23rd, 1977, when the Gossamer Condor became the first

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Viktor Frankl - Everything can be taken from a man...

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2025/08/22

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 22nd.Today is Never Bean Better Day, and before you start wondering about coffee beans or lima beans, let me tell you about the most heartwarming origin story you'll hear today. This special observance was created to honor Bean, a golden retriever therapy dog from Morgantown, Pennsylvania, who has touched countless lives with what his humans call "Bean

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William James - The art of being wise is knowing what...

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2025/08/21

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 21st.Today is POETS Day – and before you start thinking about sonnets and haikus, let me explain what this really means. POETS Day is a cheeky British and Australian tradition that refers to Friday as the end of the work week. The acronym stands for "Piss Off Early, Tomorrow's Saturday." It's been around for decades, and it captures that universal

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Wolfman Jack - Radio is the theater of the mind

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2025/08/20

Welcome to The Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 20th.Today is National Radio Day, and what a perfect moment to celebrate one of humanity's most revolutionary inventions. On this day, we honor the medium that has connected us across distances, brought us news in real-time, and filled our homes with music, stories, and voices from around the world.National Radio Day has been celebrated since the early 1990s,

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Terry Pratchett - The trouble with having an open...

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2025/08/19

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for August 19th.Today is National Potato Day, celebrating one of the world's most beloved and versatile foods. Whether you call them spuds, taters, or just plain potatoes, these humble tubers have quietly become one of humanity's most important crops.The potato has an incredible history. Originally cultivated in the Andes mountains of South America over 8,000 years ago

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