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The English language is more complex than calculus because numbers don't have nuances.

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
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War Correspondent
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Albany
New York
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I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost someone will take the ones you miss.
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Person-to-person, most people are honest.
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I've learned... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
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Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
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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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The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough.
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My most serious character flaw is that I don't deny myself much.
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The last birthday that's any good is 23.
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I hate to say it, but I had a great time in World War II.
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