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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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Certain
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I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
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I'd like to take some calculus, too. I have absolutely no ability in that direction and not much interest, either, but there's something going on in mathematics that I don't understand, and I'd like to find out what it is.
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I've learned... That life is tough, but I'm tougher.
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For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of 40 +, there is a balding, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year-old waitress.
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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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The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
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We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers. More college graduates ought to become plumbers or electricians, then go home at night and read Shakespeare.
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One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.
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My mother always called me 'sturdy' and said I have big bones. A little fat is what I am.
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A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.
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Once you pass forty, a dime isn't worth bending over to pick up if you drop one.
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In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.
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Person-to-person, most people are honest.
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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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Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
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Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?
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My own time is passing fast enough without some national game to help it along.
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I obviously have a knack for getting on paper what a lot of people have thought and didn't realize they thought. And they say, 'Hey, yeah!' And they like that.
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The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.
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In spite of some bad experiences, I'm a firm believer in the trial and error method of learning.
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