Norm MacDonald Quotes
The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
Quotes to Explore
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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Everybody has their own story - it's who you are. If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am!
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I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.
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Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.
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Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
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Citizenship and ethnicity can become, in certain contexts, restrictive, and perhaps that's one reason I was interested in people who feel compelled to mask their origins and thereby circumvent the restrictions.
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My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
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I think every single girl has something different and special about her. You find one who clicks with your vibe.
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On the ice, if I slow down, I can coast behind somebody for a couple of laps. If I slow down on the run, it'll turn into a walk.
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History, in illuminating the past, illuminates the present, and in illuminating the present, illuminates the future.
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The best compensation for doing things is the ability to do more.
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Jack Ryan made the right decision, ... I know it must have been a difficult one.
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And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to immortality and glory.
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It is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.
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But she still had that something which fires the imagination, could still stop one's breath for a moment by a look or gesture that somehow revealed the meaning in common things. She had only to stand in the orchard, to put her hand on a little crab tree and look up at the apples, to make you feel the goodness of planting and tending and harvesting at last. All the strong things of her heart came out in her body, that had been so tireless in serving generous emotions. It was no wonder that her sons stood tall and straight. She was a rich mine of life, like the founders of early races.
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The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
