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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

10

"And I never ask what I'm doing the next day. I don't want to know what I'm doing tomorrow. It's much too overwhelming. So I just go day by day, without knowing."

"And I never ask what I'm doing the next day. I don't want to know what I'm doing tomorrow. It's much too overwhelming. So I just go day by day, without knowing."

Jennifer Lopez, American Musician

Day, Tomorrow, Want

10

"I would never disrespect any man, woman, chick or child out there. We're all the same. What goes around comes around, and karma kicks us all in the butt in the end of the day."

"I would never disrespect any man, woman, chick or child out there. We're all the same. What goes around comes around, and karma kicks us all in the butt in the end of the day."

Angie Stone, American Musician

Day, End, Karma, Man

10

"I don't think you should reprimand your child for everything you're feeling because for them it's as serious as when something happens in our day and we get upset about it."

"I don't think you should reprimand your child for everything you're feeling because for them it's as serious as when something happens in our day and we get upset about it."

Nia Long, American Actress

10

"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

10

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."

Steve Martin, American Comedian

10

"The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too."

"The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too."

Ernest Borgnine, American Actor

10

"I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy."

"I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy."

Nat King Cole, American Musician

Day, Musicians, Night, Trying

10

"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

10

"Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after."

"Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after."

Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Public Servant

Day, Force, March, Tomorrow

10

"I turned down the first script offered to me, and the second. I lay on my back one day under an umbrella, in the garden, reading the third, and wondered why I had turned down the first."

"I turned down the first script offered to me, and the second. I lay on my back one day under an umbrella, in the garden, reading the third, and wondered why I had turned down the first."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Day, First, Garden, Reading

10

"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

10

"For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put off to the next day, all that was euphoric. I lived in the future."

"For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put off to the next day, all that was euphoric. I lived in the future."

Francois Jacob, French Scientist

Day, Future, Questions, World

10

"I don't get over the wonder of it, and 'The Last Samurai' was an extreme example of that. Every day when I went to the set, I couldn't believe what I was seeing."

"I don't get over the wonder of it, and 'The Last Samurai' was an extreme example of that. Every day when I went to the set, I couldn't believe what I was seeing."

Tony Goldwyn, American Actor

Day, Example, Extreme, Wonder

10

"The better day, the worse deed."

"The better day, the worse deed."

Matthew Henry, English Clergyman

10

"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

10

"I haven't become an American! Having a house in LA is just where the house is. It's just a convenience thing living there. I carry Wales around inside me. I'd consider moving back there one day. I never really left."

"I haven't become an American! Having a house in LA is just where the house is. It's just a convenience thing living there. I carry Wales around inside me. I'd consider moving back there one day. I never really left."

Tom Jones, Welsh Musician

10

"If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every day for 90 days you have to write a song; good, bad or indifferent. So that was really helpful."

"If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every day for 90 days you have to write a song; good, bad or indifferent. So that was really helpful."

Judy Collins, American Musician

Day, Now, Song, Songs

10

"It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know."

"It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know."

Peter Townsend, British Musician

10

"An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood."

"An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

Day, Hollywood, Woman

10

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

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

William Law, English Clergyman

Day, Perfection, Present

10

"I know I can get to the stage where I'm drinking a lot. I tend to be rotten and groggy all day and hanging out for the next drink and five o'clock, ping! I have to just stop."

"I know I can get to the stage where I'm drinking a lot. I tend to be rotten and groggy all day and hanging out for the next drink and five o'clock, ping! I have to just stop."

Trisha Goddard, English Entertainer

10

"I've signed a few sneakers in my day."

"I've signed a few sneakers in my day."

Ja Rule, American Musician

9

"I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera."

"I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

9

"On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn't he said, 'Do you mind if I mug you here?'."

"On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn't he said, 'Do you mind if I mug you here?'."

Paul Merton, British Comedian

Day, First, Mind

9

"On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each other."

"On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each other."

Hugh Mackay, Australian Psychologist

Day, Talking, Television

9

"I only do this because I'm having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away."

"I only do this because I'm having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away."

Heath Ledger, Australian Actor

9

"I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day."

"I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day."

Bryan Ferry, English Musician

9

"I had to go to Europe to tour and he died on the second day of the tour."

"I had to go to Europe to tour and he died on the second day of the tour."

Percy Heath, American Musician

9

"I eat five to seven meals a day and a couple of protein shakes."

"I eat five to seven meals a day and a couple of protein shakes."

Casper Van Dien, American Actor

9

"I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political agenda."

"I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political agenda."

Kojo Annan, Swiss Celebrity

Day, Republican

9

"You'll be tested every single day."

"You'll be tested every single day."

John Ratzenberger, American Actor

9

"Every single day of making a movie is going to bring new problems."

"Every single day of making a movie is going to bring new problems."

Marguerite Moreau, American Actress

9

"Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead."

"Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

9

"Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back."

"Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back."

Tommy Chong, Canadian Actor

9

"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

9

"We used to say that he who threw the biggest tantrum won the day."

"We used to say that he who threw the biggest tantrum won the day."

Neil Finn, New Zealander Musician

9

"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

9

"At the end of the day, the numbers that we're hearing are not going to be totally correct or not correct at all."

"At the end of the day, the numbers that we're hearing are not going to be totally correct or not correct at all."

Eugene Levy, Canadian Actor

Day, End, Hearing, Numbers

9

"Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants."

"Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants."

Kevin James, American Comedian

Day, Man, Thanksgiving

9

"You look at the fact that for millions of years species on earth have been developing and we've been knocking them off at like a hundred a day."

"You look at the fact that for millions of years species on earth have been developing and we've been knocking them off at like a hundred a day."

Jon Fishman, American Musician

Day, Earth, Fact, Years

9

"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

9

"Every day, I have a most embarrassing moment."

"Every day, I have a most embarrassing moment."

Steven Hill, American Actor

9

"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with."

"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

9

"My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice."

"My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice."

Johnny Mathis, American Musician

Day, Favorite, Voice

9

"Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth."

"Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth."

Samantha Smith, American Celebrity

Day, Earth, Will, Worry

9

"You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it."

"You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it."

Jimmy Dean, American Actor

9

"I have fully cooperated with the investigation and before the grand jury, and I'm quite confident at the end of the day that we'll know what facts are in this particular case."

"I have fully cooperated with the investigation and before the grand jury, and I'm quite confident at the end of the day that we'll know what facts are in this particular case."

Alberto Gonzales, American Public Servant

Day, End, Facts, Investigation

9

"My web site is so fresh. The paint is still wet, but stay tuned, because I have lots of personal things, specifically about what is happening day-to-day, that I will keep updating daily."

"My web site is so fresh. The paint is still wet, but stay tuned, because I have lots of personal things, specifically about what is happening day-to-day, that I will keep updating daily."

David Hasselhoff, American Actor

9

"I am amazed; until the day I die I shall wonder how Whittaker Chambers got into my house to use my typewriter."

"I am amazed; until the day I die I shall wonder how Whittaker Chambers got into my house to use my typewriter."

Alger Hiss, American Public Servant

9

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