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the Daily Quote

Andrew McGivern

Tune in daily to get a short dose of inspiration to kick start your day in a positive way.

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Loretta LaRoche - Stressed spelled backwards is desserts

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2025/11/20

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 20th.Today is National Peanut Butter Fudge Day – celebrating that creamy, melt-in-your-mouth confection that combines two of the world's greatest comfort foods: peanut butter and chocolate.Fudge itself dates back to the 1880s, when it was likely created by accident – someone botched a batch of caramels, creating something even better. Peanut butter fudge became popular in the

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Florence Scovel Shin - Most people consider life a...

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2025/11/19

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 19th.Today is National Play Monopoly Day – celebrating the board game that's been causing family arguments and teaching capitalism since 1935.Monopoly was created during the Great Depression by Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman from Philadelphia. He hand-drew the board, carved the houses from wood, and sold it to Parker Brothers. It became the best-selling board game

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Walt Disney - All our dreams can come true, if we...

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2025/11/18

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 18th.Today is Mickey Mouse Day – celebrating the birthday of the most iconic character in animation history.On November 18th, 1928, Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie at the Colony Theater in New York City. It was the first cartoon with synchronized sound, and audiences went wild. That whistling, mischievous mouse wasn't just a character – he was a

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M.F.K. Fisher - No yoga exercise, no meditation in a...

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2025/11/17

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 17th.Today is National Homemade Bread Day – celebrating the ancient, comforting art of baking bread from scratch.Bread is one of humanity's oldest prepared foods, dating back at least 30,000 years. From Egyptian flatbreads to French baguettes to San Francisco sourdough, every culture has its own bread tradition. But something shifted in the 20th century – bread became

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John Wooden - It's the little details that are vital....

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2025/11/16

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 16th.Today is National Button Day – celebrating those tiny, often overlooked fasteners that literally hold our lives together.Buttons have been around for thousands of years, though they weren't always functional. The earliest buttons, dating back to 2000 BCE in the Indus Valley, were purely decorative. It wasn't until the 13th century that buttonholes were invented,

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Ray Bradbury - You fail only if you stop writing

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2025/11/15

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 15th.Today is I Love to Write Day – celebrating the act of putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and expressing ourselves through words.Founded in 2002 by author John Riddle, this day encourages everyone to write. Not professionally. Not perfectly. Just... write. Whether it's a journal entry, a letter to a friend, a poem, a story, or random thoughts – writing is for

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Irena Chalmers - In the last analysis, a pickle is a...

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2025/11/14

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 14th.Today is National Pickle Day – celebrating those crunchy, tangy treats that have been preserved and perfected for thousands of years.Pickling dates back over 4,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia. Cucumbers were first pickled in India around 2030 BCE. The process was simple but transformative – preserve food in brine, and you'd have something that lasted through winters

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Dalai Lama - My religion is very simple. My religion...

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2025/11/13

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 13th.Today is World Kindness Day – a global celebration encouraging simple acts of compassion and goodwill.Launched in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, this day unites countries around a simple premise: kindness matters. It transcends borders, religions, and cultures. From Tokyo to Toronto, people mark this day by performing random acts of kindness – paying for

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Maya Angelou - People will forget what you said,...

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2025/11/12

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 12th.Today is National Happy Hour Day – celebrating that magical window of time when drinks are discounted, spirits are lifted, and connections are made.Happy hour has surprising military origins. The term dates back to the U.S. Navy in the 1920s, when "happy hour" was scheduled entertainment aboard ships – boxing matches, music, and movies – designed to relieve the

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George S. Patton - It is foolish and wrong to mourn...

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2025/11/11

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 11th.Today is Remembrance Day – a solemn day observed across Commonwealth nations to honor those who have served and sacrificed in military service.At 11:00 am on November 11th, 1918, the armistice ending World War I took effect. The guns of the Western Front fell silent at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. What began as Armistice Day evolved into

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Jim Henson - Kids don't remember what you try to...

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2025/11/10

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 10th.Today is Sesame Street Day – celebrating one of the most influential children's programs in television history.Sesame Street premiered on November 10th, 1969, created by Joan Ganz Cooney and featuring Jim Henson's beloved Muppets. It was revolutionary – the first show designed specifically to use television's power to educate young children, especially those

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Carl Jung - In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all...

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2025/11/09

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 9th.Today is Chaos Never Dies Day – a celebration of life's beautiful, messy, unpredictable reality.This unofficial holiday acknowledges a simple truth: no matter how much we plan, organize, or try to control things, chaos finds a way in. Your perfectly scheduled day gets derailed. Your clean house becomes messy. Your calm morning turns hectic. The chaos never truly dies

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Gertrude Stein - Coffee is a lot more than just a...

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2025/11/08

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 8th.Today is National Cappuccino Day – celebrating that perfect marriage of espresso, steamed milk, and foam.The cappuccino gets its name from the Capuchin monks, whose brown robes resembled the drink's color. It became popular in Italy in the early 1900s when espresso machines could finally create the right texture of foamed milk. That velvety microfoam on top

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Pam Brown - In a world gone bad, a bear – even a bear...

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2025/11/07

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 7th.Today is National Hug A Bear Day – celebrating those faithful companions that have comforted children and adults alike for over a century.The teddy bear was born in 1902, named after President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt. After he refused to shoot a captured bear on a hunting trip, a political cartoon captured the moment, and a toy maker created a stuffed bear in

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Giada De Laurentiis - Food brings people together on...

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2025/11/06

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 6th.Today is National Nachos Day – celebrating one of the world's most perfect sharing foods.Nachos were invented in 1943 by Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya in Piedras Negras, Mexico. When a group of military wives arrived at his restaurant after closing time, Nacho improvised with what he had: tortilla chips, cheese, and jalapeños. He named the dish "Nacho's

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Augusten Burroughs - Red hair is great. It's rare,...

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2025/11/05

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 5th.Today is Love Your Red Hair Day and National Redhead Day – a celebration of those gorgeous, fiery locks that belong to only about 1-2% of the world's population.Redheads are truly rare gems. Natural red hair is caused by a mutation in the MC1R gene, which is a recessive trait. Both parents must carry the gene for a child to be born with red hair, making it one of the

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Carla Yerovi - Kindness is like sugar – it makes life...

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2025/11/04

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 4th.Today is National Candy Day – a celebration of those sweet, colorful confections that have been bringing joy to people for centuries.Candy has a surprisingly ancient history. The first candies were made from honey in ancient times. People would coat fruits, nuts, and even flowers with honey to preserve them and create sweet treats. It wasn't until sugar became more

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unknown author - Life is like a sandwich – you have...

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2025/11/03

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 3rd.Today is National Sandwich Day – a celebration of what might be the world's most perfect food invention.Legend has it that in 1762, John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, was so engrossed in a gambling game that he didn't want to leave the table to eat. So he asked for his meat to be served between two pieces of bread, allowing him to eat with one hand while

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A.A. Milne - People say nothing is impossible, but I...

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2025/11/02

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 2nd.Today is Zero Tasking Day – and yes, you heard that right. Zero. Tasking. Day.Celebrated every year on the first Sunday of November, this is officially the laziest holiday on the calendar, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Zero Tasking Day encourages us to accomplish absolutely nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero tasks.In our productivity-obsessed culture, where we're

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Neil Gaiman - A book is a dream that you hold in your...

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2025/11/01

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for November 1st.Today is National Author's Day, a celebration honoring writers who create the stories, ideas, and knowledge that enrich our lives. First proposed in 1928 by Nellie Verne Burt McPherson, president of the Bement, Illinois Women's Club, this day was officially recognized by the United States Department of Commerce in 1949.McPherson, a teacher and

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