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A proper disposition of time leaves a man at leisure in the very bustle of affairs without delaying the attention of his concerns to the last or giving them unnecessary application at first: it affords a season for everything by affording everything its proper season.

Norm MacDonald

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Norm MacDonald
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 17
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