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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
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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 just wish this social institution [religion] wasnt based on what appears to me to be a monumental hoax built on an accumulation of customs and myths directed toward proving something that isnt true.
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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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Bacon is clearly a food made by the Nazis to fatten up Americans. It has no nutritional value, is full of fat, sodium, and nitrates, and is a pathetic type of consumable made from the noblest of creatures.
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If you get murdered because you go on a date with someone you met on the Internet, you probably deserved it.
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You're better off missing a bus or an airplane once in a while than you are getting there too early all the time.
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As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.
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If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
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You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off.
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I've learned... That when you're in love, it shows.
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I've learned... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
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Ugly is very popular this year...I had a feeling these clothes were deigned by someone who didn't like women.
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We've sent a man to the moon and that's 29,000 miles away. The center of the Earth is only 4,000 miles away. You could drive that in a week but for some reason nobody's ever done it.
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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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I had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that's why Bill Gates is rich, and Underwood is out of business.
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One of the sweetest things in life: a letter from a friend.
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I've learned ... that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
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Unfortunately, propaganda works.
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It's ridiculous for a country to get all worked up about a game—except the Super Bowl, of course. Now that's important.
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