Jim Gaffigan Quotes
I know that Colbert could quote Thomas Aquinas and all this, but I'm somebody who, because it's a necessity for me on a personal basis. I need it because I'm a lunatic.
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It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
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The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child.
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Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.
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Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.
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If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself and wipe myself off the face of the earth.
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The value of 'Made in Italy' must necessarily be up-to-date. This is the philosophy that Italia Independent has embraced. We decided from the outset to do away with stereotypes and attune ourselves to the extreme pace, to the incessant metamorphoses of the globalized world.
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I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day. That's why I'm trying to enjoy it so much.
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When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It's an emotional illusion, I guess.
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I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.
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If you want a strong society, it has to be inclusive. If you have to push a boulder up a hill, do you want 10 people or 100? If you weed out colour or gender, you get 10.
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If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn't recognize me.
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If I came across a role that is completely mainstream and commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.
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My friends call me 'Dolittle One' [a reference to her physical stature and affinity for animals].
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There are times when you do a play when you are living in the character over a two-and-a-half-hour period or longer, and you come to the end of the night, and you can feel like you were hit by a truck.
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I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now... its AFI-liner
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I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.
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So I was at the gas station the other day, and I saw that there was braille on the pumps. I don't see how they can cater to blind drivers. I mean, there are certain rights you should lose once you lose what makes you a person.
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A suppressed resolve will betray itself in the eyes.
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It can be difficult to be an introvert in church, especially if you happen to be the pastor. Liking to be alone can be interpreted as a judgment on other people's company. Liking to be quiet can be construed as aloofness. There is so much emphasis on community in most congregations that anyone who does not participate risks being labeled a loner.
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Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.
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Grads need to remember that it's [showcases] just a jumping off point for their career, not the defining moment.
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I know that Colbert could quote Thomas Aquinas and all this, but I'm somebody who, because it's a necessity for me on a personal basis. I need it because I'm a lunatic.
