Quotes with present-day

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  • Abraham Lincoln Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Bill Dedman Ted Williams, an extraordinary hitter in his day, has said the swing starts in the hips, and Sosa arrived with one of the strongest lower bodies in the game.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Brit Hume Television has certain imperatives that CNN had the luxury of ignoring for a long period of time. CNN could take the position that the news would be the star, because in most of the programming day, they were the only all-news operation on the air.
    Brit Hume
    American journalist and political commentator (1943 - )
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  • Jean Baudrillard Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark, of night, of the other side of things.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • William Lloyd Garrison Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present.
    William Lloyd Garrison
    American abolitionist, journalist and suffragist (1805 - 1879)
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  • James Russell Lowell Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Bliss Carman Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free, And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.
    Bliss Carman
    Canadian poet (1861 - 1929)
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  • Brandon Sanderson That could be solved, Siri said, Perhaps it would help if you refrained from speaking when others are present. I think I should find you quite amiable in those circumstances.
    Warbreaker (2009)
    Brandon Sanderson
    American author of epic fantasy and science fiction (1975 - )
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Bill Cosby That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle the Vatican has overlooked.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Bobby Fischer That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Ace Frehley That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.
    Ace Frehley
    American musician and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Abraham H. Maslow The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Benjamin Franklin The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Dave Thomas The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi.
    Dave Thomas
    American businessman and philanthropist (1917 - 1991)
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Buffalo Bill The audience, upon learning that the real Buffalo Bill was present, gave several cheers between the acts.
    The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide: An Autobiography (1879)
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • W. Edwards Deming The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
    W. Edwards Deming
    American engineer, statistician and author (1900 - 1993)
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  • Brad D. Smith The average small-business owner uses 18 apps to run their business every day, and if those applications don't allow data to flow seamlessly and they don't integrate, it's going to become a point of friction. It's going to prevent the small business from being successful.
    Brad D. Smith
    American businessman
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