Jim Gaffigan Quotes
You're on stage and because stand-up comedy is one of the few meritocracies in the entertainment industry, there's some kind of - at least for me, there's some kind of idea of control.
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Nature is under control but not disturbed.
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You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
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The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.
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It's a compulsion. I'm always changing parts of me. Even when I was young, I wanted to change my hair color. I was so determined that I dyed my hair with Kool-Aid.
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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.
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There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.
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It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old down all the unchanging days, and die one day like any other day, only shorter.
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We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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A true champion can adapt to anything.
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I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.
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Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.
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The new 'Joy' was needed for a number of reasons. Recent developments in nutrition and new ingredients were two of the major reasons for the revision. One of the other big reasons was America's new love for big flavors. Yay!
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Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met.
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Politicians know that structural reforms - to increase competition, foster innovation, and drive institutional change - are the way to tackle structural impediments to growth. But they know that while the pain from reform is immediate, gains are typically delayed and their beneficiaries uncertain.
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I was the Head Boy of East High School in 1999. I represent 303 - the area code, not the band - Mile High, until I die. I'm 31, a comedian; I juggle, but I don't glove it. I think waxed mustaches run a very thin line between hipster and 1800s barkeep.
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My earlier exposure to physics certainly helped me in the use of biophysical techniques like crystallography, the use of computing, calculations, etc.
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I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.
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My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, meant-to-be coming together of circumstance. You walk out there to do your first 'Tonight Show': Is the audience going to be hot? Are you going to be on fire? It's like an athlete: Are you going to have your moves at a peak?
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I was 18 when I did 'The Amanda Show,' and I was 19 when I did 'MadTV,' and I was in way over my head. I was just sort of a goof who could do impressions of WB stars - speaking of the Dawson Van Der Beek era - and it was overwhelming. I don't think I've learned more faster in my life than when I worked on 'MadTV.'
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Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what. When you don't have face-to-face time, it's just different.
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You're on stage and because stand-up comedy is one of the few meritocracies in the entertainment industry, there's some kind of - at least for me, there's some kind of idea of control.
