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I've learned... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

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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 just wish insignificance had more stature.
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In the United States alone, we spend seven times as much on war as on education. There's something wrong there. On this Memorial Day, we should certainly honor those who have died at war, but we should dedicate this day, not so much to their memory, but to the search for a way to end the idiocy of the wars that killed them.
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Walking is good for the soul.
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A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.
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I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.
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We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get away from each other. We need proximity and distance, conversation and silence. We almost always get more of each than we want at any one time.
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Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants are atheists until they are indoctrinated.
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If I'd known how many problems I was going to run into before I finished, I can't remember a single project I would have started.
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One day about 10 years ago the door to my office opened and who walked in but Bill Gates.... Seemed like a nice guy and has done more with his money than most billionaires. But that's as far as I want to go being kind to Bill Gates.
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It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often and that passes for good on television.
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You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker.
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The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.
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There are more beauty parlors than there are beauties.
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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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I've learned... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
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I've learned... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
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By the time they're ready to be thrown away, most shoes are thoroughly comfortable
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All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about.
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Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.
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I like animals who trust people.
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