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Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.

Norm MacDonald

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Norm MacDonald
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 17
Actor
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Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
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Quebec
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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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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
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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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Few people love with the violence they hate.
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I had a show that people thought used a laugh track. It wasn't it was the real audience going crazy after everything that resembled a joke, that they could technically call a joke.
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The promises we break are usually such as we are most forward in making.
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I'm thankful for women. I think women are more intelligent than men. Also, without women, there would be no cookies.
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Kenny G has a Christmas album out this year. Hey, happy birthday Jesus! Hope you like crap!
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A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
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Ever see this? It's a homeless guy but he's got a dog... The dog's really thrilled with this idea. The dog's going, Hey pal, I can do this by myself pretty well. The longest walk in the world you got me on here.
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It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us.
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It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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Last Christmas, I got the worst gift a guy ever gave me. He gave me a lottery ticket... what's the guy even thinking there. Here you go... nothing! Merry Christmas! It's nothing!
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There's that saying, I don't know art, but I know what I like. The inverse is kind of true. I know art, but I don't know what I like. You get so immersed in it that nothing appeals to you.
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The Rolling Stones reunited for a twenty-fifth anniversary tour last week. Keith Richards said that he's happy to continue to do what he's been doing for the past twenty-five years: cheating death.
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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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Man, them engagement rings, boy, they cost a lot. I was looking at 'em. Cost like a thousand bucks, two thousand bucks, y'know. Three thousand bucks. Something like that- four thousand bucks. Big number divisible by a thousand, anyways.
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Few criminals die sensible of their crimes.
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