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"Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things."

"Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things."

Lionel Hampton, American Musician

5

"The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed."

"The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed."

Harry Houdini, Hungarian Entertainer

5

"The most I've smoked in a day was over an ounce, in Germany."

"The most I've smoked in a day was over an ounce, in Germany."

Method Man, American Musician

5

"I trained 8 hours a day 7 seven days a week and I had 2 weeks off in a year."

"I trained 8 hours a day 7 seven days a week and I had 2 weeks off in a year."

Julie Benz, American Actress

5

"Lost In Space is played on television somewhere in the world every day. It's been a cult show."

"Lost In Space is played on television somewhere in the world every day. It's been a cult show."

Mark Goddard, American Actor

Day, Space, Television, World

5

"Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day."

"Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day."

Etty Hillesum, Dutch Lawyer

Day, Order, Will

5

"I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road."

"I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road."

Tommy Shaw, American Musician

5

"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

5

"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

5

"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

5

"I refuse to this day to do e-mail because everybody I know that does it, it takes another two or three hours a day. I don't want to give two or three more hours away."

"I refuse to this day to do e-mail because everybody I know that does it, it takes another two or three hours a day. I don't want to give two or three more hours away."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

5

"Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one."

"Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one."

Robert Brault, American Author

5

"A lot of feature films do two pages a day."

"A lot of feature films do two pages a day."

Timothy Bottoms, American Actor

5

"I'll talk about my Tony all day long."

"I'll talk about my Tony all day long."

Eva Longoria, American Actress

5

"It was between the ages of 14 and 20 and I started off not eating at all, maybe an apple a day."

"It was between the ages of 14 and 20 and I started off not eating at all, maybe an apple a day."

Torrie Wilson, American Celebrity

5

"I remember lying down for a nap one day at about 4:00 and walking up at 11:00 the next morning."

"I remember lying down for a nap one day at about 4:00 and walking up at 11:00 the next morning."

April Winchell, American Actress

Day, Lying, Walking

5

"I can't wait to front my band with these new songs and play for fans, but I've decided to keep my day job too."

"I can't wait to front my band with these new songs and play for fans, but I've decided to keep my day job too."

Richard Marx, American Musician

Day, Fans, Job, Play

5

"It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it. I was reading eight newspapers a day and had compiled a file of about 300 quotes. I really had to do my research. The White House press didn't have to bone up on any of it."

"It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it. I was reading eight newspapers a day and had compiled a file of about 300 quotes. I really had to do my research. The White House press didn't have to bone up on any of it."

June Lockhart, American Actress

Day, Events, Newspapers, Press

5

"One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question."

"One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

Day, Nothing, Question, Want

5

"I know when I go outside, there'll be a van or two and they'll probably follow us four out of seven days a week, trying to get something. But I'm just going across town and I know they're just wasting their day, so it doesn't bother me anymore."

"I know when I go outside, there'll be a van or two and they'll probably follow us four out of seven days a week, trying to get something. But I'm just going across town and I know they're just wasting their day, so it doesn't bother me anymore."

Brad Pitt, American Actor

5

"I used to be a hot-tar roofer. Yeah, I remember that... day."

"I used to be a hot-tar roofer. Yeah, I remember that... day."

Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

5

"Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked."

"Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked."

Donna Rice, American Celebrity

Day, First, New year, Party

5

"I'm so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert in a ton of chain mail for Ridley any day of the week. He's an amazing director and I can't wait to see the long version."

"I'm so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert in a ton of chain mail for Ridley any day of the week. He's an amazing director and I can't wait to see the long version."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

5

"The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop."

"The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop."

Ice T, American Musician

5

"I'd hate to be a teetotaler. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day."

"I'd hate to be a teetotaler. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day."

Dean Martin, American Actor

5

"Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't."

"Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

4

"I'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day."

"I'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

4

"As a boy I used to go to the Chamber of Horrors at the annual fair, to look at the wax figures of Emperors and Kings, of heroes and murderers of the day. The dead now had that same unreality, which shocks without arousing pity."

"As a boy I used to go to the Chamber of Horrors at the annual fair, to look at the wax figures of Emperors and Kings, of heroes and murderers of the day. The dead now had that same unreality, which shocks without arousing pity."

Ernst Toller, German Playwright

Day, Heroes, Kings, Now

4

"At the day of judgment we shall all meet again."

"At the day of judgment we shall all meet again."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

4

"I think that the pendulum will swing back to the other side one day."

"I think that the pendulum will swing back to the other side one day."

Susan Anton, American Actress

4

"I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up."

"I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up."

Dennis Wilson, American Musician

4

"He helps me every day to do my exercises. Siegfried told me once, 'The one who is a hero is the one who can hang on just one minute longer.'"

"He helps me every day to do my exercises. Siegfried told me once, 'The one who is a hero is the one who can hang on just one minute longer.'"

Roy Horn, German Entertainer

4

"Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter."

"Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter."

Shemar Moore, American Actor

Day, Leading, Man, Training

4

"But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the doctors could not believe I was taking that much. And that was just the valium - I'm not talking about the other pills I went through."

"But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the doctors could not believe I was taking that much. And that was just the valium - I'm not talking about the other pills I went through."

Corey Haim, Canadian Actor

Day, Doctors, End, Talking

4

"You specialize in something until one day you find it is specializing in you."

"You specialize in something until one day you find it is specializing in you."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

4

"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

4

"Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor."

"Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

4

"Miserable is a good thing, though. If you start the day miserable, nobody else can screw up your day."

"Miserable is a good thing, though. If you start the day miserable, nobody else can screw up your day."

Jake Roberts, American Celebrity

4

"Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is."

"Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is."

Lucinda Williams, American Musician

4

"I never used to drink water. I am drinking six liters of water every day now. That's the key."

"I never used to drink water. I am drinking six liters of water every day now. That's the key."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

Day, Drinking, Key, Now

4

"He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done."

"He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done."

Brian McKnight, American Musician

4

"I really feel like the first day I went to drama school and I went up on stage, that I found my vocation. It's kind of a cliched thing to say but I really feel like it was what I was meant to do."

"I really feel like the first day I went to drama school and I went up on stage, that I found my vocation. It's kind of a cliched thing to say but I really feel like it was what I was meant to do."

Diane Kruger, German Model

Day, Drama, First, School

4

"When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places."

"When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places."

Seth MacFarlane, American Cartoonist

Day, Job, Jokes, Mind

4

"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

4

"When I start a movie, the first day, I feel like a duck."

"When I start a movie, the first day, I feel like a duck."

Penelope Cruz, Spanish Actress

4

"What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?"

"What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?"

Christopher Marlowe, English Dramatist

Day, Kings, Shadows

4

"When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing."

"When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing."

Alain Prost, French Celebrity

Day, Right, Testing

4

"We all get so caught up in our day-to-day lives and have so many gripes. But when you see the way others live and how they make the best of it, you'll realize how lucky you are."

"We all get so caught up in our day-to-day lives and have so many gripes. But when you see the way others live and how they make the best of it, you'll realize how lucky you are."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

4

"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

4

"But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb? The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worse part of oneself."

"But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb? The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worse part of oneself."

Patrick McGoohan, American Actor

Day, Evil, Fight

4

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