Quotes with modern-day

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  • Barack Obama Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change - we're doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change - inch by inch, day by day.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Boris Spassky Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.
    Boris Spassky
    Russian chess grandmaster (1937 - )
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  • Bootsy Collins 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, singer and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • John Greenleaf Whittier O Time and change! With hair as gray as was my sire's that winter day, how strange it seems, with so much gone of life and love, to still live on!
    John Greenleaf Whittier
    American poet and writer (1807 - 1892)
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  • Bernard Cornwell Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
    Bernard Cornwell
    British author of historical novels (1944 - )
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  • Bobbi Kristina Brown Of course we had our arguments; we had everything, but at the end of the day, that was still my mother, my confidante - my everything.
    Bobbi Kristina Brown
    American reality television personality, media personality, and singer (1993 - 2015)
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  • Harlan Miller Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.
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  • Brea Grant Oh my God, I'm so excited. I love Comic-Con, it feels like a weird nerd camp. All my nerd friends are there and all the comic book writers I know and then a lot of actors, too, and you hang out with these people for just a few days, but you hang out with them all day, every day. It's like camp - it's like a weird camp. I love it.
    Brea Grant
    American actress and writer (1981 - )
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  • John Greenleaf Whittier Oh, for boyhood's painless play, sleep that wakes in laughing day, health that mocks the doctor's rules, knowledge never learned of schools.
    John Greenleaf Whittier
    American poet and writer (1807 - 1892)
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  • Bob Balaban Oh, I was completely hooked on movies and plays and theater from the time I was a day old - I was very, very early on in love with movies and I loved plays.
    Bob Balaban
    American actor, author and producer (1945 - )
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  • Dalai Lama (14th) Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
    Dalai Lama (14th)
    Tibetan spiritual leader (Tenzin Gyatso) (1935 - )
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  • Caroline Wozniacki On a normal day-to-day basis, I'm makeup free, hair in a bun, and I just go.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Anna H. Shaw On every side, and at every hour of the day, we came up against the relentless limitations of pioneer life.
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  • Bill Flores On Memorial Day, we remember the service of those brave military men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice defending and protecting our freedoms.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • John McCain On my honor, I swear to you, that from my first day in office to the last breath I draw, I will do everything in my power to make you proud of your government.
    John McCain
    American politician (1936 - 2018)
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  • Caroline Knapp On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I can pass an entire day without uttering so much as a hello to another human being. Sometimes a day's conversation consists of only five words, uttered at the local Starbucks: 'Large coffee with milk, please.'
    Caroline Knapp
    American writer and columnist
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  • Brad Meltzer On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids?
    Brad Meltzer
    American political thriller novelist and non-fiction writer (1970 - )
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  • Charles Baudelaire On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox.
    Charles Baudelaire
    French poet (1821 - 1867)
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  • Alfred de Vigny On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.
    Alfred de Vigny
    French poet and writer (1797 - 1863)
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  • Ban Ki-moon On this International Day, let us promise to make peace not just a priority, but a passion. Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in whatever way we can, to make every day a day of peace.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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