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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 had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that's why Bill Gates is rich, and Underwood is out of business.
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In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book.
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Walking is good for the soul.
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We should change our attitude toward the United Nations. There has to be some power in the world superior to our own. We should not have attacked Iraq without the okay of the United Nations. Now we have to live with that mistake. We're living with it, and too many of our guys are dying with it.
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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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It's best to give advice in only two circumstances when it's requested, and when it's a life threatening situation.
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I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.
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New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.
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I understand shipping - you have to expect to pay for the stamps or for the freight company - but what's this handling they always have? How much does handling cost, anyway? I don't want a lot of people handling something I'm going to buy before I get it. How much would it cost if you didn't handle it before you sent it to me?
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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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Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.
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Ugly is very popular this year...I had a feeling these clothes were deigned by someone who didn't like women.
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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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I mean, the notion that we must love everything in this country or get out and go someplace else is ridiculous. I mean, if you -- the best thing a patriotic American can do is to look and be critical and find out what's wrong and try to make it better. That's what a patriotic American does.
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By the time they're ready to be thrown away, most shoes are thoroughly comfortable
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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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Believing is such a comfort that it's hard to give up a belief just because it isn't true.
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I've learned... That money doesn't buy class.
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You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off.
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The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.
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