Jim Gaffigan Quotes
Manhattan's probably one of the bluest parts in the country, and Indiana's definitely one of the redder states. I have sympathy for both sides.
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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I don't know what would have happened to Wal-Mart if we had laid low and never stirred up the competition. My guess is that we would have remained a strictly regional operator.
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Doing comedy is one of the best gifts in life.
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While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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The country remains dependent on oil. But as we are now learning, oil is becoming increasingly scarce.
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There's a certain advantage to living in a small country like Guatemala, I think. You don't feel so distant from political reality there. When things happen, they almost seem to happen on a Shakespearian stage with the audience so close they can become actors too. This is partly what Joseph Brodsky meant when he wrote that small countries have big politics.
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I've directed 'Raisin in the Sun' five times. You keep discovering things. You keep on seeing things in the script that you never saw before. That's what great pieces of art do.
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It was a special show that became a cult classic of sorts, and I made a lot of money for it.
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Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.
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Manhattan's probably one of the bluest parts in the country, and Indiana's definitely one of the redder states. I have sympathy for both sides.
