Jim Gaffigan Quotes
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal vision or doesn't communicate emotion fails.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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Dancing was one of the hobbies my brother and I had when we were kids, and dance ended up being the one that stuck. I dropped everything else until that was what was left in the end.
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But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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I absolutely hated 'Gattaca.' I left the theater shaking my head because the science in the film was just terrible. No genetic test will ever tell you how many heartbeats you have left. No genetic test will ever be more accurate in telling an employer how well you'll do at a job than your performance at a past job would be.
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In my elementary days, I took a liking to rock & roll music. I dabbed into Marilyn Manson, which became my favorite.
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I hope that, even when I'm simply just Kwon Ji-yong, I can be someone who still shines even without all these 'flashy' costumes on.
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Emotions are enmeshed in the neural networks of reason.
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Excuse me while I light my spliff, good God I gotta take a lift.
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All I want to do is be a good dad, but I'm pretty bad at it.
