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Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.

Andy Rooney

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
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You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. They've got all these new toys and they want to know whether they work or not.
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Democrats believe people are basically good but must be saved from themselves by the government. Republicans believe people are basically bad but they'll be okay if they're left alone.
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I've learned... That money doesn't buy class.
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Walking is good for the soul.
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We should change our attitude toward the United Nations. There has to be some power in the world superior to our own. We should not have attacked Iraq without the okay of the United Nations. Now we have to live with that mistake. We're living with it, and too many of our guys are dying with it.
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The English language is more complex than calculus because numbers don't have nuances.
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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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Finding the tool is often half the battle.
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Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women are thinking, How can he want me the way I look in the morning? It's because we can't see you. We have no blood anywhere near our optic nerve.
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It would be a better world if everyone in it knew all the truth about everything.
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Go to bed. Whatever you're staying up late for isn't worth it.
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Once you pass forty, a dime isn't worth bending over to pick up if you drop one.
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If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
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No matter what any of the grammar teachers say, punctuation is an arbitrary matter. It should be used to make sentences clear.
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I like animals who trust people.
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I've learned... That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.
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Taxes are important. President Bush's tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve of President Bush helping the kind of people they wish they were one of.
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New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.
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Do I have opinions that might piss people off? Yes - that's what I'm here for.
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