Jim Gaffigan Quotes
When I started stand-up - and this is in the '90s - there was definitely people hadn't watched decades of Comedy Central, where people are really much more educated on stand-up comedy.
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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What people are looking for are candidates and representatives that are going to work hard, tell it like it is. I'm unafraid to do things when it doesn't poll well.
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People love to be told what they know already.
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I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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My couch is made of cat's hair. The cushions have been obscured, and it's made of salt-and-pepper fur. I can't have visitors. I can't ask people to sit on that couch because they become implicated in the furriness of it, and they're walking around, and it's not fair to people.
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.
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People have said to me, 'It must be nice to prove so many people wrong,' but I've never really cared about proving anything to anybody else.
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Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
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You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
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It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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I'm used to packing up and leaving, to condensing myself into a digestible version because people don't have much time to get to know me.
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People look at me, and they go, 'You're white, you're smart, you must have went to college. You must have grown up with money.'
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When I became a mother of two, I decided to work with brands that remind me of family because they're my No. 1 priority. Now I'm partnering with Puffs to encourage people to get out and not hibernate inside. People should enjoy the holiday season, and if you do have a runny nose or the sniffles, Puffs is there to take care of your symptoms.
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My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.
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Bruce Lee was the first star I idolized. Growing up as a Chinese American, there weren't many people like me on the big screen.
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I come from a family with big hearts, so I love to put smiles on people's faces.
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Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'
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There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype: actors like Lucy Liu, artists like Maya Lin, moguls like Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. They are known, often admired.
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When I started stand-up - and this is in the '90s - there was definitely people hadn't watched decades of Comedy Central, where people are really much more educated on stand-up comedy.
