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The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
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It would be a better world if everyone in it knew all the truth about everything.
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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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I've learned... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.
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I never get over feeling bad about tearing open a beautifully wrapped present. It takes ten seconds to destroy a work of art that took someone ten minutes to accomplish.
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The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.
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One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.
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Familiar things are a comfort to us all.
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Numbers tend to give the impression that there's more order in the world than there is.
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I've learned... that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
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