Jim Gaffigan Quotes
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
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When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.
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I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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Part of the reason why Kobe Bryant is such a big inspiration to me is because he was shipped off to the Lakers right out of high school. He went from English class to the Great Western Forum.
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One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.
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I love my parents. But they have their life, and I have mine.
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It's extremely difficult to say what one actually means by 'sculpture' other than, in a provisional sense, it's something that goes on the floor or a pedestal, and loosely applies to a certain history of the use of that term.
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In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.
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No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin' about it - but I think our books are great literature with great metaphors of real life dealing with fears and hopes.
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To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him.
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My first character was Mr. Toad.
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I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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Yeah, I am a character actor.
