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Dr. Seuss - "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Welcome to The Daily Quote, a podcast designed to kick start
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  your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern
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  for August 9th. Today is National Book Lovers
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  Day, and if you're listening to this podcast, there's a good
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  chance you're already someone who appreciates the power of
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  words and stories. This wonderful holiday
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  encourages us to put down our smartphones, step away from the
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  endless scroll, and reconnect with the tactile focus pleasure
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  of reading a good book. National Book Lover's Day
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  celebrates not just the act of reading, but the entire culture
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  of books, the libraries that house them, the bookstores that
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  sell them, the authors who write them, and the readers who give
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  them life through their own imagination.
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  It's a day to honor the fact that despite living in the most
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  connected digital age in human history, there's still something
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  irreplaceable about holding the book in your hands and
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  disappearing into its pages. Books have been humanity's way
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  of preserving knowledge, sharing stories, and passing wisdom from
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  one generation to the next for thousands of years.
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  From ancient stone tablets to illuminated manuscripts to
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  paperbacks in your local bookstore, books have always
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  been our most reliable time machines.
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  Which brings us to today's quote from Doctor Seuss, who once said
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  the more that you read, the more things you will know.
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  The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
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  Now, Doctor Seuss wrote these words for children, but let's be
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  honest, adults need this reminder just as much, maybe
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  more. In our world of quick headlines,
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  social media summaries, and bite sized information, we sometimes
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  forget that deep reading, the kind where you really sink into
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  a book, is like mental travel. Every book you read takes you
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  somewhere new. A biography introduces you to
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  someone you've never met. A novel drops you into a world
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  that exists only in imagination. A history book transports you to
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  a different time. A science book opens up the
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  mysteries of how things work. Each page turn is a step into
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  territory you haven't explored before.
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  And here's the beautiful thing about books.
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  They're the most democratic form of travel available.
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  You don't need a passport, a plane ticket, or even much
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  money. You can visit Victorian London,
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  explore distant galaxies, sit in on conversations with
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  philosophers, or learn skills that change your life, all from
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  your favorite reading chair. Doctor Seuss understood that
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  reading isn't passive entertainment, it's active
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  exploration. Every book expands your
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  perspective, adds to your understanding, and quite
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  literally makes you a more well travelled person, even if you
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  never leave your hometown. I remember being a kid and
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  discovering that the library was basically a free adventure
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  warehouse. I can check out books about
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  dinosaurs, mystery set in other countries, biographies of
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  adventures. It was like having access to
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  every movie, documentary and travel experience ever created
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  all in one building. And that sense of wonder hasn't
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  left me. Even now when I walk into a
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  bookstore or library, I feel that same excitement.
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  All these stories, all this knowledge just waiting to be
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  discovered. It's like being a kid in a candy
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  store, except the candy makes you smarter and more empathetic.
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  And when the Internet came out, holy mind blown.
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  And then when podcasts came along.
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  Oh yeah, and now AIWTF Crazy stuff.
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  Sometimes you just need to go back to the analog and read a
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  real paper book. So today, in honor of National
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  Book Livers Day, maybe pick up a book you've been meaning to read
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  or revisit an old favorite. Visit a library or a bookstore.
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  Remember what Doctor Seuss knew, that reading is one of life's
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  great adventures, and the more you read, the more interesting
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  places your mind can go. In a world that's constantly
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  trying to grab your attention, books offer something precious,
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  the chance to focus deeply, to think slowly and to travel far
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  without moving an inch. That's going to do it for today.
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  May your next book take you exactly where you need to go,
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  even if you don't know where that is yet.
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  I'm Anna McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.