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Some men mistake generosity for charity: these flatter themselves that they are giving gratuitously, whilst they are merely rewarding secret services offered their vanity.
Norm MacDonald
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Norm MacDonald
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 17
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A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
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[sam] Kinison, when he started out, he'd come to Canada when I was first starting, and he'd always [bomb].
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In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness.
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