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I've learned... that just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
Writer
Albany
New York
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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've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
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I am interested in details. If you go into anything far enough, you get into the details of it, and people turn out to be interested in what makes things work.
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There's nothing people like better than being asked an easy question. For some reason, we're flattered when a stranger asks us where Maple Street is in our hometown and we can tell him.
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I am an atheist... I don't understand religion at all. I'm sure I'll offend a lot of people by saying this, but I think it's all nonsense.
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Finding the tool is often half the battle.
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