Jim Gaffigan Quotes
I see some people with glasses here, I trust people with glasses, don't you? But if you're wearing your glasses like this ... "Get away from 'em!"
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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There's no single company in the whole world that has a big-scale production base and at the same time has screening and distribution channels. Wanda Group is the first one in the world.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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The greatest thing we can do is to give each other a safe space to truly, truly be ourselves in the world.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that... basically, the way mammals parent and the way people have parented for pretty much all of human history except the last 200 years or so.
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It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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I see some people with glasses here, I trust people with glasses, don't you? But if you're wearing your glasses like this ... "Get away from 'em!"
