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Day Quotes

"We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration."

"We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

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"A day without laughter is a day wasted."

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

58

"I eat a lot. I eat three times a day and I snack."

"I eat a lot. I eat three times a day and I snack."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

57

"Once your kids get older and get out of the house, it's not like it stops. They're on the phone with me every day; I'm intimately involved in their problems."

"Once your kids get older and get out of the house, it's not like it stops. They're on the phone with me every day; I'm intimately involved in their problems."

Rosanne Cash, American Musician

Day, Kids, Problems

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"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."

"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

56

"I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated."

"I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated."

Joan Van Ark, American Actress

55

"So one day, in a fit of trying to do something different, I just dyed my hair dark brown and got my first role a week later, after which I thought: 'People are closed-minded, man! Like a different hair colour changes everything!'"

"So one day, in a fit of trying to do something different, I just dyed my hair dark brown and got my first role a week later, after which I thought: 'People are closed-minded, man! Like a different hair colour changes everything!'"

Emma Stone, American Actress

Day, First, Hair, Trying

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"Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s."

"Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s."

Ted Rall, American Cartoonist

55

"Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!"

"Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!"

Barbara Bush, American First Lady

Day, Footsteps, May, President

55

"Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all."

"Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all."

James Caan, American Actor

55

"Without a song, each day would be a century."

"Without a song, each day would be a century."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

55

"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays."

"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

54

"Altamont... I remember all of that. That was an awful day."

"Altamont... I remember all of that. That was an awful day."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

54

"Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don't feel like we do."

"Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don't feel like we do."

Cat Deeley, English Celebrity

Day, Girls, Hair

54

"It's hard when you see a scene where it's raining, and we have the rain machine, and you see it for 5 minutes, but that scene takes all day to shoot, and you do it with rain, and the dry off, and go back and do it again."

"It's hard when you see a scene where it's raining, and we have the rain machine, and you see it for 5 minutes, but that scene takes all day to shoot, and you do it with rain, and the dry off, and go back and do it again."

Morris Chestnut, American Actor

Day, Machine, Rain

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"I have to watch the news or my day is not complete."

"I have to watch the news or my day is not complete."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

54

"You gotta stick your neck out and put out a record that isn't safe... that's the Green Day way!"

"You gotta stick your neck out and put out a record that isn't safe... that's the Green Day way!"

Tre Cool, American Musician

53

"They're not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it's not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques."

"They're not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it's not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques."

Colin Firth, British Actor

53

"I developed my style by pickin' a lot of cotton, plowin' that ole mule every day. I just got the rhythm, and any rhythm I need I know where it is; I know where to find it."

"I developed my style by pickin' a lot of cotton, plowin' that ole mule every day. I just got the rhythm, and any rhythm I need I know where it is; I know where to find it."

John Hunter, British Surgeon

53

"Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights!"

"Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights!"

Ronald Graham, American Mathematician

53

"Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality."

"Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

Day, Emotion, Mind, Reality

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"When somebody gives up their friends and everything they do just to be with a person, they wake up miserable one day. They're denying themselves for no real reason other than they think that's the thing to do."

"When somebody gives up their friends and everything they do just to be with a person, they wake up miserable one day. They're denying themselves for no real reason other than they think that's the thing to do."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

Day, Friends, Reason

52

"My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation."

"My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

Day, Moderation

52

"You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting."

"You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting."

Ed Harris, American Actor

52

"I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner."

"I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

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"So we were doing this scene, and the kids get 20 minutes a day, um, so, all I had to do was pick him up out of the incubator and take him out, and that was the whole shot."

"So we were doing this scene, and the kids get 20 minutes a day, um, so, all I had to do was pick him up out of the incubator and take him out, and that was the whole shot."

Steve Burton, American Actor

51

"I enjoyed the promotion with K9 on my introduction day."

"I enjoyed the promotion with K9 on my introduction day."

Lalla Ward, English Actor

51

"The hardest thing is trying not to correct everything on the Internet. It'd be night and day - wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. So you just have to say, 'All right, I'll take it, bring it on.'"

"The hardest thing is trying not to correct everything on the Internet. It'd be night and day - wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. So you just have to say, 'All right, I'll take it, bring it on.'"

George Clooney, American Actor

Day, Internet, Night, Right

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"Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic. Two others had each two oranges and one lemon given them every day. These they ate with greediness, at different times, upon an empty stomach."

"Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic. Two others had each two oranges and one lemon given them every day. These they ate with greediness, at different times, upon an empty stomach."

James Lind, Scottish Scientist

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"Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!"

"Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!"

John Muir, American Environmentalist

Day, Heaven, Space, Sun

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"Mathematicians have tried in vain to this day to discover some order in the sequence of prime numbers, and we have reason to believe that it is a mystery into which the human mind will never penetrate."

"Mathematicians have tried in vain to this day to discover some order in the sequence of prime numbers, and we have reason to believe that it is a mystery into which the human mind will never penetrate."

Leonhard Euler, Swiss Mathematician

Day, Mathematicians, Mind, Mystery

50

"There really isn't a day when I wake up and DON'T have to be someplace."

"There really isn't a day when I wake up and DON'T have to be someplace."

Trish Stratus, American Entertainer

50

"My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's what you want'. And he was a very good guest. That's a real exception to the rule."

"My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's what you want'. And he was a very good guest. That's a real exception to the rule."

Graham Norton, Irish Celebrity

Day, Guest, Want

50

"I got a Valentine's Day card from my girl. It said, 'Take my heart! Take my arms! Take my lips!' Which is just like her. Keeping the best part for herself."

"I got a Valentine's Day card from my girl. It said, 'Take my heart! Take my arms! Take my lips!' Which is just like her. Keeping the best part for herself."

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

50

"I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining."

"I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining."

Campbell Scott, American Actor

50

"At the end of the day, they're happy if you do the obvious songs towards the end of the set and you've got to try and make yourself happy by doing certain songs at the front end of the set."

"At the end of the day, they're happy if you do the obvious songs towards the end of the set and you've got to try and make yourself happy by doing certain songs at the front end of the set."

Rick Allen, American Musician

Day, End, Obvious, Songs

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"The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes."

"The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

50

"Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day."

"Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

50

"I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future."

"I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future."

Heath Ledger, Australian Actor

Day, Future, Now, Past

50

"What my day is like depends on where I am."

"What my day is like depends on where I am."

Daniela Pestova, Czechoslovakian Model

50

"The morals of yesterday are no more. They are as dead as the day they were lived. Economic independence has put woman on exactly the same footing as man."

"The morals of yesterday are no more. They are as dead as the day they were lived. Economic independence has put woman on exactly the same footing as man."

Norma Shearer, American Actress

Day, Independence, Man, Morals

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"I bounce off four walls, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, because I only sleep those four hours a day."

"I bounce off four walls, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, because I only sleep those four hours a day."

Casper Van Dien, American Actor

49

"The guys have told me not to quit my day job."

"The guys have told me not to quit my day job."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

49

"We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath."

"We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

Day, Effect, Now, Sabbath

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"Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day."

"Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

49

"I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive."

"I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive."

Konrad Lorenz, Austrian Scientist

Day, Man, Present

49

"I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy."

"I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy."

Tim Vine, British Comedian

49

"I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket."

"I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket."

Laura Dern, American Actress

49

"In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day."

"In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

Day, Order, Party

49

"I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit."

"I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

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