There are two things which a man should scrupulously avoid: giving advice that he would not follow, and asking advice when he is determined to pursue his own opinion.
NORM MACDONALD
NORM MACDONALD
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Norm MacDonald73 quotes“There are two things which a man should scrupulously avoid: giving advice that he would not follow, and asking advice when he is determined to pursue his own opinion.”
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Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald Yeah man, they call gambling a disease, but it’s the only disease where you can win a bunch of money.
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Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald I got my computer. The great thing about the computer is that you only need enough money to buy a computer and some food, and you’re all right. I don’t have to go to premières.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald I want you to buy this pit bull. This will protect your valuables.’ I don’t own anything very valuable. If I buy the pit bull, that would be the most valuable thing I own. I’d have to buy something to protect it then.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.
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