Jim Gaffigan Quotes
I went to a Catholic University and there's something about being a Catholic-American. You know, St. Patrick's Day is, I'm Irish-Catholic. There's alcoholism in my family. It's like I've got to be Catholic, right?

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In my life, I wanted to feel tall. I wanted to be somebody. I wanted to be tall as the Sears Tower. I wanted to be on top of the Sears Tower. I wanted to be as strong as the Sears Tower feels.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I got beat up up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color.
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman – her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.
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It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
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With everything I do, I strive for a balance of tone, where it's not just one thing.
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The Walker Brothers, they were a talented pair of people. I thought that Scott had a very fine voice.
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I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.
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I loved music and dance, and that was exciting to me.
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We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
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I went to a Catholic University and there's something about being a Catholic-American. You know, St. Patrick's Day is, I'm Irish-Catholic. There's alcoholism in my family. It's like I've got to be Catholic, right?