Jim Gaffigan Quotes
I think comedians get too much credit or too much criticism for the style of comedy they do, and they generally do the style of comedy that works for them. [...] There's no kind of shrewd calculation going into the type of standup we all do. It's like David Cross is supposed to be doing the David Cross' type of standup.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is.
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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I was born in the small town of Gorizia, Italy, on 31 March, 1934. My father was an electrical engineer at the local telephone company and my mother an elementary school teacher.
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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
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True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun.
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I'm a political conservative.
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Canada definitely has a strong program in women's boxing, and we're showing that women are capable, not just men.
Mandy Bujold -
I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.
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I was in fittings for the first costume even before I knew I was even going to be 'Deathlok.'
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My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
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I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should point out, were dreadful.
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Jesus is still up in Heaven, thumbing through his Bible, going 'Where did I say build a water slide?'
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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I definitely wouldn't shy away from doing another action based project, but I feel like my forte is more like playing real, ordinary people. I'm a girl's girl.
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I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.
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Many business leaders still believe that time on-task equates to productivity. Even in the industrial era of rote factory work, this was untrue. It is a misguided fallacy, and an expensive one, too. Every key facet required for business success will fail when sleep becomes short within an organisation.
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Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.
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Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.
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I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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I think comedians get too much credit or too much criticism for the style of comedy they do, and they generally do the style of comedy that works for them. [...] There's no kind of shrewd calculation going into the type of standup we all do. It's like David Cross is supposed to be doing the David Cross' type of standup.
