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We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers.
Andy Rooney
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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
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New York
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I've learned... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
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