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I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
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War Correspondent
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Albany
New York
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We aren't consistent in our treatment of animals.
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Believing is such a comfort that it's hard to give up a belief just because it isn't true.
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I often pass a farm with cows grazing in the field and I think to myself how terrible it is that human beings grow other animals just to kill them and eat them. Most of us think of vegetarians as nuts and I'm not a vegetarian but I wouldn't be surprised if we came to a time in 50 or 100 years when civilized people everywhere refused to eat animals.
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People waiting for an elevator don't know what to do, standing with strangers. There is nothing to do. Its an uneasy time. Some press the button repeatedly as though it would help.
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I don't know anything offhand that mystifies Americans more than the cotton they put in pill bottles. Why do they do it? Are you supposed to put the cotton back in once you've taken a pill out?
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I've learned... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
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I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries.
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Let's make a statement to the airlines just to get their attention. We'll pick a week next year and we'll all agree not to go anywhere for seven days.
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Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?
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Nothing in fine print is ever good news.
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I like ice hockey, but it's a frustrating game to watch. It's hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points.
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I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful.
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Finding the tool is often half the battle.
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I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.
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The dullest Olympic sport is curling, whatever 'curling' means.
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It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often and that passes for good on television.
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I've learned... That money doesn't buy class.
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Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.
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You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker.
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