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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
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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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My dad died, and my grandfather died, and my great-grandfather died. And the guy before him, I don't know. Probably died.
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Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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Laws, however divine in origin and institution, would be found of little coercion among men, were the administration of them not committed to mortals.
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There's no show business in Canada, so everybody just did stand-up and we all thought, Oh, we'll just keep doing stand-up. And then I'm like, There's more work in the States.
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The most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do.
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We would seldom be deceived by flattery, did our own conceit not promote the delusion.
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You ever see 'The Dating Game'? That's a weird game show. The prize on that show: another contestant. Talk about cheap.
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None seem to bear the imputation of supposed guilt with greater intolerance than such as are, on other occasions, obviously culpable of vice or crime.
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I hate fame. I hate being recognized, because I don't know how to talk to people.
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