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I've learned... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

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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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Last night we had three small zucchini for dinner that were grown within fifty feet of our back door. I estimate they cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $371.49 each.
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I often pass a farm with cows grazing in the field and I think to myself how terrible it is that human beings grow other animals just to kill them and eat them. Most of us think of vegetarians as nuts and I'm not a vegetarian but I wouldn't be surprised if we came to a time in 50 or 100 years when civilized people everywhere refused to eat animals.
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I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?
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The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.
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Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.
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I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.
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Did you ever notice that people who are good with a computer don't use it for much of anything except being good with a computer? They know all about information technology, but they don't have much interest in the information. I'm the opposite.
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Unfortunately, propaganda works.
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My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That's the way to get an idea.
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I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.
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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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Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.
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The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
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Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.
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I've learned that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
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No one ever writes a book in which he is the bad guy.
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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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The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
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Space, like Switzerland, should be neutral.
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I've learned... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
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