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Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.

Norm MacDonald

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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Abandonment Ambitious Defeat Failure Occasion Philosophy Purpose
Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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Philosophy Reason Shame Virtue
The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
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Life Philosophy Principle Solid Wisdom
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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Action Affect Deep Future Ourselves Regret
I generally have a real strong idea or a strong punchline, and I just try to get to it by rambling around, as I don’t like to memorize words.
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Ideas Memories Myself Reality Strong Word
Scientists believe they may have discovered a primitive form of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa. That primitive form of life? You guessed it, Frank Stallone.
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Believe Discover Life Moon Yourself
Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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Choice Deep Enemy Love Philosophy
If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
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Desire Praise Yourself
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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Cook Intelligence Man Myself Thankful Woman
The joy a person is usually seen to express at the conversion of another to his opinion is seldom more than the impulse of egotistical satisfaction at being considered worthy of didactic imitation.
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Ego Expression Imitation Joy Opinion Person Satisfaction See Worth
I can’t be naturalistic enough to make it sound real. So instead, I just wander around aimlessly knowing that I’ll be funny enough with stream of consciousness until I get to the actual explosively funny part.
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Enough Funny Myself Natural Reality Sound
Back in the old days, a man could just get sick and die. Now they have to wage a battle. So my Uncle Bert is waging a courageous battle, which I’ve seen, because I go and visit him. And this is the battle: he’s lying in the hospital bed, with a thing in his arm, watching Matlock on the TV.
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Battle Day Death Funny Hospital Man Myself Old Sick
When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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Acceptance Audience Goodness People
I don’t care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
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Care Exercise Preference Sex Win Yourself
You can’t love your team without hating another team.
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Hate Love Rival Team Yourself
Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
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Care Carry Force Limitation Restriction Worst Youth

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