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Day Quotes
Lines on routine, duty and the shape of an ordinary day.
These quotes span a wide range of daily experience: actors describing the grind of read-throughs and reshoots, and reflections on the discipline service members carry with them off duty as well as on. For more on the rhythm of daily life, see our Day-To-Day Life quotes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of dying every day... At a certain age, you should be prepared to go at any time.
- First
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The exact day I became a poet was April 1, 1965, the day I bought my first typewriter.
- Make
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VisiCalc and WordPerfect were the killer apps of their day, but Google and Facebook make them look small in comparison.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Night-time is when I brainstorm; last thing, when the family's asleep and I'm alone, I think about the next day's writing and plan a strategy for my assault on the blank page.
- Only
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Myself, Marion Jones and Michael Johnson all got married on the same day because it was the only point on the athletics' schedule we could fit in. October 3, 1998.
- Me
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Oliver Sacks remains my hero to this day. He was one of the first medical writers I read. The other was Lewis Thomas, who is no longer alive but is just heroic to me.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day you use dozens of products that have strong chemicals in them, but remember, the only difference between poison and medicine is dosage.
- Face
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Every day, we as athletes face several challenges during the training process, and it is imperative that we approach each situation carefully and with continued precision.
- Nov 07, 2020
The strong ones are the ones who realize that having a bad training day, those types of days are necessary.
- Gaining
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say 90 percent of the stuff we do is technical anyway. If you look at a two-hour training day, 12 minutes are probably spent running or gaining fitness.
- Fight
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In my grandfather's day, there was a different perspective on war and men that went into war; it was such a patriotic act to fight for your country in the Forties.
- Green
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I was a Green Day guy because the first DVD I bought was Green Day's 'Bullet In A Bible,' the live album. That really empowered me to be not just a drummer but a performer. It's a really crucial part of why I wanted to be in a band.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be in a band with a bunch of dudes who loved Green Day and all that.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think privacy is valuable. You don't have to share everything, and it's healthy to occasionally hit the pause button and ask yourself if you're oversharing. But at the end of the day, if you're not doing anything wrong, you don't have anything to hide.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would imagine that anyone picking up a book written by me would expect a fast-paced story that requires minimal effort to turn the pages. The reader would also be looking for some out-of-the-ordinary revelations along the way. At the end of the day, I'm a writer who simply loves revealing stuff that is out-of-the-ordinary.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he had to take a day off from work just so that he could finish reading it. Such kind of responses from my readers is extremely endearing, and it keeps me going.
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