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Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well.

Andy Rooney

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
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New York
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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 we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.
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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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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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We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins.
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I've learned... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.
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Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.
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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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Familiar things are a comfort to us all.
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The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.
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Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?
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Anyone should be very suspicious of a sentence he's written that can't be read aloud easily.
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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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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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I've learned... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
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Nothing in fine print is ever good news.
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There is obviously a great human need for religion because life seems to be such a mystery.
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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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Did you ever hear one of those corny, positive messages on someone's answering machine? 'Hi, it's a great day and I'm out enjoying it right now. I hope you are too. The thought for the day is share the love.' Beep. 'Uh, yeah, this is the VD clinic. Speaking of being positive, your test is back. Stop sharing the love.'
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