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Numbers are the most certain things we have.

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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'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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the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
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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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The fastest thing computers do is go obsolete.
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I'd like to be rich enough so I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off
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Those of us who don't have a party affiliation ought to be able to register under the heading Confused.
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Some people who hated Americans set out to kill a lot of us and they succeeded [on 9/11]....We're trying to protect ourselves with more weapons. We have to do it, I guess, but it might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us.
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The last birthday that's any good is 23.
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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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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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I've learned... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
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Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women are thinking, How can he want me the way I look in the morning? It's because we can't see you. We have no blood anywhere near our optic nerve.
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Milk without fat is like nonalcoholic Scotch.
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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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I've learned... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
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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 spent my first 50 years trying to become known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, 'Hey Andy'. I hate that.
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You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. They've got all these new toys and they want to know whether they work or not.
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Soap, like people, shouldn't smell like anything.
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Small daily happenings make life spectacular.... start enjoying the small things in life!
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