Jim Gaffigan Quotes
Don't get caught up in other people's expectations. Don't take anything for granted, either.
Quotes to Explore
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The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security.
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I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
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The reason I decided to run for Senate is one of my responsibilities as governor is to make sure that the voices of our people and our small businesses in New Hampshire are heard in Washington and that we continue to make the type of progress we're making here at the state level; we need that same type of response and progress in Washington.
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I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
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The gift I have to give to my fellow countrymen and people around the world, the facts are the Muslim community are our gift. They are the fabric of what makes America great.
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You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research.
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I think music docs could turn off some people.
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.
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Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people.
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I think there are some people who are just kind of born to create drama and then capitalise on it.
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I just think that the Victoria's Secret girl values herself by the way she looks. And that might be linked with being healthy, but that's all it is, and it sets a negative example to other people.
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I really like playing good guys, of course. Although, people make mistakes in their lives, and you could say that the mistakes make us who we are, by how we respond to them. I just don't want to play boring good guys, but I don't have that problem, anyway.
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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
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People only look at you and say, 'You are black and you are from the banlieue,' and all the doors are closed. I had the desire to be something else. If I see a door that is a little open, I will find a way to get through.
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I like real people - salt-of-the-earth men.
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My older brother, Jake, and I had a bohemian childhood. My parents are deeply unconventional people from the beatnik generation. They weren't married, and I thought that was normal. We called them by their first names.
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I remember, in my first show in New York, they asked, 'Where is the Indian-ness in your work?'... Now, the same people, after having watched the body of my work, say, 'There is too much Indian philosophy in your work.' They're looking for a superficial skin-level Indian-ness, which I'm not about.
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Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.
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It was most exciting when people first came up on the stage and then when they came back for the encore. We wanted to make a show that kept on developing, that was interesting, so we tried to do that with our live shows.
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I think some of our most talented people are not going to pick the arts as a way that they're going to spend their lives.
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The Caribbean is an immense ocean that just happens to have a few islands in it. The people have an immense respect for it, awe of it.
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Once you decide that it is the art that is important and not how popular and well received you are, you no longer have an albatross
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With love, you don't mislead or play around, so if you're not perfectly clear, just be honest about it.
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Don't get caught up in other people's expectations. Don't take anything for granted, either.
