Gabriel Iglesias Quotes
I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
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I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
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I recognize that I'm probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on 'The Colbert Report,' and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it - on his show and on Twitter.
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I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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We left my birthplace, Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 when I was 13. I enjoyed the ethnic variety and the interesting students in my public school, P.S. 134. The kids in my neighborhood were only competitive in games, although unfriendly gangs tended to define the limits of our neighborhood.
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When you're babysitting a kid, all you're seeing is a version of them, a small dosage.
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I like to have fun, just stay relaxed.
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I get a lot of backlash for wearing designers that I feel are creators and artists. I get it all the time.
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Once upon a time, I was very shy and you wouldn't even see me in a room. Then, when I was 16, I made the conscious decision to not be afraid of anything - this was about the time I picked up the bagpipes too - and my life pretty much changed forever.
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I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
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An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.
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I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.
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When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things.
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The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.
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Soviet expansionism in Europe, the battle for control of China, and the 1950 invasion of South Korea would shatter once-euphoric dreams of post-war cooperation with the Kremlin.
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I think I'm the only professional horse rider from the movie industry. Strangely, I've seen no men from the industry at equestrian events. Though I've seen some ladies like Diya Mirza and Lara Dutta at the race course. Women, by the way, make superior horse riders.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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When you're fighting with a stunt person, your intent is to miss.
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future.
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Even when you’re flying high and steady, the weight doesn’t go away—it’s just balanced by lift. I have worked pretty hard over the past year and a half to keep my life in balance. But the weight’s still there, waiting for an increase in gravity to pull me earthward again.
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What was the name of that dog on "Rin Tin Tin"?
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I like to regard myself as someone who's capable of critical thought, that is to say, who can evaluate claims.
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Consumers have a different path to purchase. They don't shop less than they used to; it is just that the footsteps went online. You have to think differently in how you engage with users.
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I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
