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A writer's job is to tell the truth.

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
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Albany
New York
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When there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.
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I'm in a position of feeling secure enough so that I can say what I think is right and if so many people think it's wrong that I get fired, well, I've got enough to eat.
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There are more beauty parlors than there are beauties.
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Familiar things are a comfort to us all.
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The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread.
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I've learned... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
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People like to say, You're only as old as you feel, but it isn't true. It's just something old people say to make themselves feel good about their age. You're as old as you are.
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I spent my first 50 years trying to become known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, 'Hey Andy'. I hate that.
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I've learned... That love, not time, heals all wounds.
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If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to what other people are wearing, it's dumb.
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Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.
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I've learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
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Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.
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For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of 40 +, there is a balding, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year-old waitress.
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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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One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly. ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist.
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Space, like Switzerland, should be neutral.
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Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it.
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Flying is always an unpleasant experience. You wait an hour for every ten minutes you actually spend getting anywhere.
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Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.
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