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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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Nicolette M. Dumke - Dessert is one of the simple...

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2025/11/30

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 30th.Today is National Mousse Day. Light. Airy. Gone in seconds.Mouse originated in France and was made by whipping eggs and cream together into a light airy foam. We associate it with desert but originally it was also made as a savory dish. That is interesting but I think the delicious sweet version is what we are talking about today. And that brings us to today's quote

00:02:28

Forest Gump - Life is like a box of chocolates, you...

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2025/11/29

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 29th.Today is National Chocolates Day. Not candy. Not ice cream. Chocolate.Chocolate is one of those treats that makes you feel good and has some health benefits too, due to antioxidants like flavanols and polyphenols. These compounds help combat oxidative stress and support various bodily functions when consumed in moderation. This is especially true if you eat dark

00:01:52

L.M. Montgomery - The nicest days are not those on...

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2025/11/28

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 28th.Today is National French Toast Day. Bread. Eggs. Cinnamon. Heat. Simple ingredients become something better.French toast is the ultimate feel good breakfast food. And with that lets jump straight into today's quote.L.M. Montgomery once wrote:"The nicest days are not those on which anything splendid or wonderful happens, but just those that bring simple little

00:01:44

Meister Eckhart - If the only prayer you said was...

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2025/11/27

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 27th.Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. Tables will gather. Food will be shared. Stories told.And in Canada - been there done that. For my American listeners us Canadians had our Thanksgiving last month. I guess today's quote could be - Better Late Than Never but instead today's quote comes from Meister Eckhart who once said:"If the only prayer you said

00:02:21

Julia Child - A party without cake is just a meeting

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2025/11/26

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 26th.Today is National Cake Day. Whether it's chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, or something completely unexpected – cake transforms ordinary moments into celebrations.And without further adieux lets jump straight into today's quote from Julia Child who captured this perfectly when she said:"A party without cake is just a meeting."She's right. Cake signals

00:03:29

Carl Sandburg - Life is like an onion. You peel it...

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2025/11/25

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 25th.Today is National Parfait Day – celebrating that elegant layered dessert that turns simple ingredients into something beautiful.The word "parfait" comes from French, meaning "perfect." Originally, it described a frozen French dessert made with sugar syrup, egg, and cream. But the American parfait evolved into something different – layers of yogurt, fruit, granola, and

00:03:39

Galileo Galilei - Mathematics is the language with...

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2025/11/24

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 23rd.Today is Fibonacci Day – celebrating the mathematical sequence that appears everywhere in nature.November 23rd – 11/23 – represents the first numbers in the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3. The sequence continues infinitely, with each number being the sum of the two before it: 5, 8, 13, 21, and so on.Named after Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci, this pattern

00:03:22

Albert Einstein - I have no special talent. I am only...

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2025/11/23

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 24th.Today is Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day – a reminder that everyone has something special they bring to the world.Your unique talent doesn't have to be extraordinary or impressive to others. It doesn't have to earn money or win awards. Maybe you're great at making people laugh. Maybe you can organize anything perfectly. Maybe you have a gift for remembering

00:03:15

Ralph Waldo Emerson - It's not the destination, it's...

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2025/11/22

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 22nd.Today is Go For A Ride Day – celebrating the simple joy of movement and exploration.This unofficial holiday encourages us to hop on whatever moves us – a bike, a car, a motorcycle, a horse, even a boat – and just go. No particular destination required. The point isn't where you end up, it's the experience of getting there.The day has special significance in

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Philip Rosenthal - You know what happens when you say...

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2025/11/21

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for November 21st.Today is World Hello Day – a global celebration of communication and peace.Founded in 1973 by brothers Brian and Michael McCormack in response to the Yom Kippur War, World Hello Day promotes a simple idea: conflicts should be resolved through communication, not force. The tradition is beautifully straightforward – greet at least ten people today.That's it. No grand

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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,

00:02:49

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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