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Albert Einstein - Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Dot com Welcome to the Daily Quote, a podcast designed to
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  kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Daniel McGivern for May 16th.
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  Now, I don't know if you've ever owned a packet of powder that
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  promised to bring tiny underwater life forms to your
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  kitchen counter, but today we celebrate just that level of
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  whimsical wonder. National Sea Monkey Day.
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  Yes, sea monkeys, those almost microscopic creatures that look
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  like shrimp, have the marketing power of a 1950s comic book ad
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  and somehow still managed to charm generation after
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  generation. Sea monkeys may not be real
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  monkeys, or maybe not even sea dwelling creatures, but they do
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  embody something undeniably delightful.
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  The magic of belief, of imagination, and of the small
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  joys that make life a little lighter.
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  Which brings me to today's quote from Albert Einstein, who once
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  said imagination is more important than knowledge, for
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  knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire
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  world. Now, I'm pretty sure Einstein
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  wasn't referring to sea monkeys when he said this, but then
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  again, the man did have quite the hair.
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  He could have passed for a sea monkey himself if you squinted
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  hard enough. This quote reminds you that
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  knowledge tells you sea monkeys are brine shrimp with a fancy
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  name. But imagination?
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  Imagination let's a child believe they're raising a
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  civilization of aquatic nobility, complete with
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  underwater castles and dramatic, soap opera worthy sea monkey
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  affairs. And that's the real take away
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  today. In a world that often feels
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  heavy with facts, deadlines, and adult responsibilities,
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  sometimes what you really need is to sprinkle in a little
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  powdered magic into your day, stir it around, and just watch
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  the wonder happen. So on this National Sea Monkey
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  Day, give yourself permission to dream, to play, and to indulge
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  in a little bit of creative nonsense.
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  You might just find it makes the rest of your day feel a lot more
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  alive, even if it doesn't come swimming out of a plastic tank.
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  I had sea monkeys when I was a kid.
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  And man, Speaking of imagination, the marketers
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  behind sea monkeys, they have a good one.
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  They had sea monkey ladies in bikinis lying on the beach and
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  castles and all sorts of things going on.
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  I mean sea monkeys that actually came to life in my little sea
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  monkey tank. They didn't look anything like
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  that pitcher, but I still like them.
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  I had no buyer's remorse at all. I love those little guys and
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  girls, and I even got the hot tub.
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  You know you can pay extra to get the Sea Monkey hot tub,
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  which was just an air stone that you squeeze to create bubbles.
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  Anyways, that's it for now. I'm Andrew McGivern signing off
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  for today, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.