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Anyone should be very suspicious of a sentence he's written that can't be read aloud easily.

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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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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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We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers.
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Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well.
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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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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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I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.
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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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It's ridiculous for a country to get all worked up about a game—except the Super Bowl, of course. Now that's important.
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A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.
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I've learned... that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
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We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of loneliness.
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Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.
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When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, Things aren't as good as they used to be. But it's hard not to.
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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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By the time they're ready to be thrown away, most shoes are thoroughly comfortable
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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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The last birthday that's any good is 23.
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The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.
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I am an atheist... I don't understand religion at all. I'm sure I'll offend a lot of people by saying this, but I think it's all nonsense.
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I've learned... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.
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