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American closets are filled with once-worn clothes that got a bad review from a friend on their first appearance.
Andy Rooney
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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
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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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I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.
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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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Let's make a statement to the airlines just to get their attention. We'll pick a week next year and we'll all agree not to go anywhere for seven days.
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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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Go to bed. Whatever you're staying up late for isn't worth it.
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Sooner or later the world will have to return to the good old days when we fought wars and killed people the old-fashioned way, one at a time.
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Don't you hate it when...your suitcase is the last one off the airplane?
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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've learned... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
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I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.
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The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.
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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 life is tough, but I'm tougher.
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Let's face it, though, anything that's apt to happen to an appliance like a blender isn't covered by the warranty anyway, so I never send them in. If it breaks, I'll buy a new one. That's the American way.
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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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Milk without fat is like nonalcoholic Scotch.
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I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and saw the Germans, and I changed my mind. I decided we were right going into World War II.
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If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
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If you do see me in a restaurant, please, just let me eat my dinner.
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