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They that are virtuous from principle may receive confidence in every capacity but they that are so from custom or habit, are capable of trust only in matters of ordinary and settled occurrence.
Norm MacDonald
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Norm MacDonald
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 17
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Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
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We would seldom be deceived by flattery, did our own conceit not promote the delusion.
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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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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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He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals.
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Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.
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Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.
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Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.
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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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When I started in Canada, I just did stand-up.
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With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose.
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Some men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence.
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