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As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.
Andy Rooney
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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
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Most of us aren't that interested in getting rich- we just don't want to get poor.
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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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... all of us talk faster than we listen.
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I've learned ... that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
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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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Some people who hated Americans set out to kill a lot of us and they succeeded [on 9/11]....We're trying to protect ourselves with more weapons. We have to do it, I guess, but it might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us.
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In spite of some bad experiences, I'm a firm believer in the trial and error method of learning.
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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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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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The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.
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I've learned... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
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I try to look nice. I comb my hair, I tie my tie, I put on a jacket, but I draw the line when it comes to trimming my eyebrows. You work with what you got.
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I've learned... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
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