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Unfortunately, propaganda works.

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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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Propaganda
Unfortunately
Works

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I've learned... That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.
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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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As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.
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