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I love how New York is so multicultural. I wish I was ethnic, I'm nothing. Because if you're Hispanic and you get angry, people are like, 'He's got a Latin temper!' If you're a white guy and you get angry, people are like, 'That guy's a jerk.'

Jim Gaffigan

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Jim Gaffigan
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: July 7
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