"Don’t/Never give up on (the) things that make you smile” is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. “Never give up on things that make you smile” was printed in The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus (Moline and Rock Island, IL) on July 15, 2006. “Never give up on the things that make you smile!” was posted on Twitter on March 15, 2009.
“Don’t give up on the things that make you smile” was posted on Twitter on May 21, 2010. “Don’t give up on things that make you smile” was posted on Twitter on December 18, 2010.
15 July 2006, The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus (Moline and Rock Island, IL), “Fiesta queen collect shoes,” pg. B1, col. 3:
The Best (or worst) advice I ever got: “Never give up on things that make you smile.”
Twitter
Micah Jesse
@MicahJesse
MJ Says, “Never give up on the things that make you smile!”
12:01 AM - 15 Mar 2009
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julie
@julie_bicha
Never Give Up On Things That Make You Smile ;]
9:58 AM - 2 Apr 2009
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Brittany Pegg
@Book_worm_Britt
http://twitpic.com/2so2d always remember Never give up on things that make you smile or give you will to go on!
11:16 PM - 3 Apr 2009
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Erin
@Smile908
=)
never give up on things that make you smile
1:40 AM - 15 May 2009
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Ralayla
@RACHAROEMEZ
RT @mevrchida: Don’t give up on the things that make you smile…
5:21 PM - 21 May 2010
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M 🦄
@MaggieGR
Don’t give up on things that make you smile :D
9:46 AM - 18 Dec 2010
Google Books
Gifts From Others:
Over 500 Motivational Quotes, Sayings and Expressions
By Audley Stephenson
Lulu Press (lulu.com)
2012
Pg. 148:
“Never give up on the things that make you smile and bring you joy.”
Google Groups: SCBD_TMC_Guest
Re: Invitation to SCBD Toastmasters Club Meeting - 31 Jan 2012
Jeffy Tan
1/26/12
(...)
“Never give up on the things that make you smile” -unknown-
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Don’t give up on things that make you smile.
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Google Books
Everything Grows with Love:
Beautiful Words, Inspiring Thoughts
By Irene Smit and Astrid van der Hulst, Editors of Flow magazine
New York, NY: Workman Publishing
2018
Pg. 1:
Irene’s is: “Never give up on the things that make you smile.”
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Quotes ❤️
@wordstionary
Don’t give up on things that make you smile.
8:33 AM - 21 Jun 2018
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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