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Jerry Seinfeld - There's no such thing as fun for the whole family · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Welcome to the Daily Quote podcast, designed to
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  kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host Andy McGivern for September 18th.
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  Today is National Cheeseburger Day, and before you dismiss this
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  one as just another food holiday, consider this The
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  cheeseburger might be 1 of America's most perfect
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  inventions. While the hamburger was created
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  around 1900, it took until 1924 for someone to have the
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  brilliant idea of adding cheese. Some food historians credit a 16
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  year old fry cook who accidentally dropped a slice of
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  cheese onto a hamburger while working at his father's sandwich
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  shop. That simple addition, a slice of
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  melted cheese, transformed an already popular sandwich into
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  something iconic. The hamburger represents
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  American ingenuity at its most delicious, taking something good
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  and making it even better through a small but inspired
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  innovation. Today, cheeseburgers are served
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  everywhere from corner diners to fine dining establishments, each
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  with their own interpretation of this beloved classic.
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  It's comfort food that crosses all social and economic
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  boundaries. Everyone has their favorite
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  cheeseburger story, which brings us to today's quote from the
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  comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who said there is no such thing as
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  fun for the whole family. Now, Seinfeld's quote might seem
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  cynical at first, but there's actually something brilliant
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  about it when we think about cheeseburgers.
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  Unlike so many things that claim to appeal to everyone but really
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  don't, the cheeseburger genuinely does bring people
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  together across generations, backgrounds, and tastes.
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  What other food can satisfy a picky 5 year old, a
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  sophisticated food critic, and a hungry construction worker
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  equally well? The cheeseburger doesn't pretend
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  to be fancy or try to be everything to everyone.
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  It's just what it is, and somehow that honest simplicity
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  actually does work for almost everyone.
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  Seinfeld understood that most things that claim universal
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  appeal are usually compromised or watered down, but the
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  cheeseburger proves there are exceptions.
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  It succeeds precisely because it doesn't try too hard.
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  It's not attempting to be sophisticated or trendy.
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  It's just a really good combination of flavors and
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  textures that happens to hit all the right notes.
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  Maybe that's the secret to things that truly do work for
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  everyone. They're not designed by
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  committee or focus group to death.
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  They emerge from something authentic and genuine, like that
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  accidental slice of cheese that fell onto a hamburger and
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  created magic. As you go about your day, think
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  about how Jerry Seinfeld could have changed his famous quote,
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  too. There's no such thing as fun for
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  the whole family. Except cheeseburgers.
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  Actually, everyone in my family loves cheeseburgers except for
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  my wife. So Jerry Seinfeld's original
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  quote holds true for my family. She isn't a fan of cheeseburgers
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  at all. She's French and her
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  cheeseburger is actually steak Hashay.
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  Those French have a different word for everything.
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  Anyway, she likes her steak cocheted with melted cheese and
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  a plate full of veggies. What she doesn't want a bun with
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  mustard, ketchup, Mayo, relish, Pickles, onions, lettuce and
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  tomato to go with that meat? No, just meat with cheese.
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  You don't see Hell. It's because that's why.
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  So today, whether you like your cheeseburgers with a brioche bun
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  and all the fixings or a French burger with plain meat and
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  cheese, remember that on National Cheeseburger Day.
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  You don't need fancy ingredients for elaborate plans, just the
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  intention to create connection and joy.
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  Like the cheeseburger itself, sometimes the most memorable
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  moments come from the simplest gestures made with care and
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  shared with people who matter. That's going to do it for today.
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  I'm Andy 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.