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The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us.
Norm MacDonald
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Norm MacDonald
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 17
Actor
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Most men will go farther to give advice than to follow their own opinion.
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My dad had this thing - everyone in Canada wants to play hockey that's all they want to do. So when I was a kid, whenever we skated my dad would not let us on the ice without hockey sticks, because of this insane fear we would become figure skaters!
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I don't care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
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Women of no beauty may yet be flattered to believe they possess some others of a moderate share that they have a great deal but those of elegance and charm generally know the perfection of their external graces so well, that they seem to covet that flattery most which heightens the opinion of their wit and judgment.
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The promises we break are usually such as we are most forward in making.
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I've always been very averse to innuendo, especially sexual. I find it cowardly or something.
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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.
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Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up.
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Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
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