Day Quotes | Beyond Motive 8/11

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"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

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"Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you."

"Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you."

Kevin Mitnick, American Celebrity

Day, Job, Now, Software

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"I had to make squirrel noises as Bubbles and without realizing it, I was making the face and putting my fingers up to my face to look like a squirrel and everyone made fun of me for the rest of the day."

"I had to make squirrel noises as Bubbles and without realizing it, I was making the face and putting my fingers up to my face to look like a squirrel and everyone made fun of me for the rest of the day."

Tara Strong, Canadian Actress

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"I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned."

"I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned."

Patty Duke, American Actress

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"That was more or less coincidental in the sense that my parents wanted me to come back to New York because that's the center of musical activity still to this day, more or less, and so I auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera."

"That was more or less coincidental in the sense that my parents wanted me to come back to New York because that's the center of musical activity still to this day, more or less, and so I auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera."

Gunther Schuller, American Composer

Day, Opera, Parents, Sense

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"I don't think you ever think that you have made it but I did take a look at myself one day and think back to when I was a little girl and it was nice to know that I had at least made it this far."

"I don't think you ever think that you have made it but I did take a look at myself one day and think back to when I was a little girl and it was nice to know that I had at least made it this far."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

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"A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future."

"A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future."

Leonard Bernstein, American Composer

Day, Future, Infinite, Liberal

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"The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before."

"The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before."

Pierre Salinger, American Public Servant

Day, President, Press, states

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"Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day."

"Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day."

Jesse Eisenberg, American Actor

Day, Hearing, Interest, Talk

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"In Wales, it's eight different weathers in a day."

"In Wales, it's eight different weathers in a day."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

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"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

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"I think I turned to writing really just to wake up in the morning and be a musician and to have something to do, and feel like a musician every day even if I wasn't working."

"I think I turned to writing really just to wake up in the morning and be a musician and to have something to do, and feel like a musician every day even if I wasn't working."

Lesley Gore, American Musician

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"The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day."

"The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Day, Light, Nothing, Weather

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"Be intent on the perfection of the present day."

"Be intent on the perfection of the present day."

William Law, English Clergyman

Day, Perfection, Present

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"I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that."

"I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

Day, Will, Years

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"I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: It is to look at each day for the evil of that day and have a go at it, and that is why I have never failed to have an acute interest in each morning's letters."

"I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: It is to look at each day for the evil of that day and have a go at it, and that is why I have never failed to have an acute interest in each morning's letters."

Geoffrey Fisher, British Clergyman

Day, Doubt, Evil, Interest

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"I still put my pants on the same way. I still walk on my pool twice a day."

"I still put my pants on the same way. I still walk on my pool twice a day."

Jim Caviezel, American Celebrity

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"I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better."

"I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better."

Phil Collins, English Musician

Day, Difference, Now

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"Every day you learn something new."

"Every day you learn something new."

Dennis Brown, American Musician

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"I did feel from day one that I was a born performer."

"I did feel from day one that I was a born performer."

Kathie Lee Gifford, American Entertainer

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"I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime."

"I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime."

Esther Williams, American Actress

Day, Job, Order

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"If somebody ever wished to be me for a day, they'd be the most pissed-off person once they got here. They would be, like, in hell."

"If somebody ever wished to be me for a day, they'd be the most pissed-off person once they got here. They would be, like, in hell."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

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"I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me."

"I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me."

Emo Philips, American Comedian

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"Well, until this very day, I'm still learning."

"Well, until this very day, I'm still learning."

Dennis Brown, American Musician

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"I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger."

"I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger."

Jane Kaczmarek, American Actress

36

"NBC is working with a team of astrophysicists to create a new day of the week."

"NBC is working with a team of astrophysicists to create a new day of the week."

Dave Foley, Canadian Comedian

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"I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director."

"I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

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"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

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"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

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"Nowadays, it's like two different arenas, recording and touring. When I started way back in the day, doing both was nothing, you didn't have to think about it, the road and recording."

"Nowadays, it's like two different arenas, recording and touring. When I started way back in the day, doing both was nothing, you didn't have to think about it, the road and recording."

Bootsy Collins, American Musician

Day, Nothing, Road

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"I'm living with two guys. I'm living with a slob and a guy who sleeps all day."

"I'm living with two guys. I'm living with a slob and a guy who sleeps all day."

Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

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"I think everybody's got different methods of working which suit the particular individual. Mine is to sort of play the part, and give 100%, to concentrate and focus on it while I'm actually working, but then leave it behind until the next day."

"I think everybody's got different methods of working which suit the particular individual. Mine is to sort of play the part, and give 100%, to concentrate and focus on it while I'm actually working, but then leave it behind until the next day."

Sean Bean, English Actor

Day, Focus, Play

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"Integral to the orb is our low cost long-range wireless radio data system and a protocol that allows us to send this data over 90% of the US population every 15 minutes throughout the day."

"Integral to the orb is our low cost long-range wireless radio data system and a protocol that allows us to send this data over 90% of the US population every 15 minutes throughout the day."

David Rose, American Musician

Day, Population

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"Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you."

"Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you."

James Galway, Irish Musician

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"I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline."

"I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline."

Arthur Godfrey, American Entertainer

Day, First, Song

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"If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it."

"If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it."

Jascha Heifetz, American Musician

Day, Practice, Public

35

"There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late."

"There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late."

Charles Kingsley, English Clergyman

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"If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome."

"If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome."

Bill Dixon, American Musician

35

"It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen that often."

"It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen that often."

Larry David, American Actor

35

"I'm so spoiled - I must have a Starbucks vanilla latte every day."

"I'm so spoiled - I must have a Starbucks vanilla latte every day."

Katie Holmes, American Actress

35

"I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter."

"I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter."

Julie Harris, American Actress

Day, Film, Hollywood

35

"If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend."

"If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend."

Doug Larson, American Cartoonist

Day, End, Labor, states

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"Nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, nor any other language, whatever may hereafter come to pass, shall on the day of severe examination before the Supreme Judge, answer for this corner of the earth."

"Nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, nor any other language, whatever may hereafter come to pass, shall on the day of severe examination before the Supreme Judge, answer for this corner of the earth."

Giraldus Cambrensis, Welsh Clergyman

Day, Earth, Examination, Language

35

"At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad."

"At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad."

Will Champion, English Musician

Day, End, Trying

35

"We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day."

"We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day."

Robert Redford, American Actor

Day, First, Years

35

"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

35

"I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers."

"I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Day, Paris, Summer, Will

35

"That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican has overlooked."

"That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican has overlooked."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

35

"This was truly guerilla filmmaking. We shot out in the middle of nowhere in a place called Delta Flats, where basically every day was some new minor catastrophe."

"This was truly guerilla filmmaking. We shot out in the middle of nowhere in a place called Delta Flats, where basically every day was some new minor catastrophe."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

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"Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael."

"Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael."

Barry Sonnenfeld, American Producer

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