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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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  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, Andrew Mcgibbon for September 6th, today's
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  National Read a Book Day, a wonderful celebration that
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  encourages us all to set aside the digital distractions and
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  reconnect with the simple pleasure of turning pages.
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  In our world of endless notifications, streaming videos
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  and social media feeds, this holiday reminds us that
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  sometimes the most enriching screen time is no screen time at
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  all. There's something magical about
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  books that no other medium can quite replicate.
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  They require our full participation.
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  We can't multitask while truly reading.
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  We have to slow down, focus, and let our imagination do the heavy
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  lifting. Books don't just tell us
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  stories, they invite us to Co create them in our minds,
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  painting scenes and voices uniquely our own.
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  Whether it's getting lost in a thrilling mystery, learning
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  something new from a biography, or escaping into a fantasy
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  world, books offer us the gift of transformation without ever
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  leaving our favorite reading spot.
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  Today's quote comes from Doctor Seuss, the beloved children's
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  author who once said the more you read, the more things you
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  will know. The more that you learn, the
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  more places you'll go. Doctor Seuss understood
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  something profound about reading that goes far beyond childhood.
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  Every book is essentially a passport to somewhere new.
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  When we read, we don't just absorb information, we expand
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  our capacity for empathy, imagination, and understanding.
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  Think about it through books. You can have dinner with a
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  Victorian family, explore the surface of Mars, learn how
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  ancient pyramids were built, or understand what it's like to
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  grow up in a completely different culture.
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  You can sit in your living room and travel through time, space,
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  and human experience in ways that would be impossible
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  otherwise. But Doctor Seuss's Wyndham goes
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  deeper than just accumulating facts.
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  The places you'll go aren't just physical or even fictional
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  locations. They're mental and emotional
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  territories. Reading expands our vocabulary,
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  which expands our ability to think complex thoughts.
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  It develops our empathy by showing us life through other
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  perspectives. It strengthens our concentration
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  in a world designed to scatter our attention.
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  I remember being a reluctant reader as a kid.
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  I mean, I read, but I like the comic books and the graphic
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  novels, those types of things. Until the English teacher in my
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  elementary school recommended a book called The White Mountains,
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  which was a book about aliens invading, kind of like Where are
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  the World's or whatever. But it was a good book and it
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  made me realize that there's whole universes in libraries.
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  So I started reading a lot, and now my son and my two daughters,
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  they're reading even more than I did.
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  Reading doesn't just entertain, it shows a version of yourself
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  that you didn't know existed. Because you become the
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  character. You become the person solving
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  mysteries, you become the person defeating the aliens.
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  That's the gift Doctor Seuss was talking about.
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  Books don't just take us places, they show us who we might
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  become. In our fast-paced world, reading
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  can feel almost radical. The act of sitting quietly with
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  our thoughts, following one story from beginning to end,
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  letting our imagination work without visual aids.
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  That's exactly what makes it so valuable.
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  In slowing down to read, we remember how to focus, how to
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  think deeply, how to be present. So today, as we celebrate
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  National Read a Book Day, let's embrace Doctor Seuss's promise
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  about the places reading can take us.
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  Whether you pick up a novel, a biography, poetry, or even a
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  book you've been meaning to read for months, remember that you're
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  not just reading words on a page, you're expanding your
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  world. Find a book today, any book that
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  calls to you, and give yourself the gift of going somewhere new,
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  even if that's somewhere is just a deeper understanding of
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  yourself. That's going to do it for today.
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  I'm Andrew 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.