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There are more beauty parlors than there are beauties.
Andy Rooney
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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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Before a kid learns how to use a computer that can solve mathematical problems, he or she should know how to do arithmetic without a computer.
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Flying is always an unpleasant experience. You wait an hour for every ten minutes you actually spend getting anywhere.
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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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Being kind is more important than being right.
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Almost all of us have an elevator or two in our lives somewhere. We wait for them, we ride on them. We're annoyed by the wait but pleased with the lift.
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Do I have opinions that might piss people off? Yes - that's what I'm here for.
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There is obviously a great human need for religion because life seems to be such a mystery.
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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've learned... that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.
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Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.
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The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.
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Great teachers are usually a little crazy.
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the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
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Milk without fat is like nonalcoholic Scotch.
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I'm in a position of feeling secure enough so that I can say what I think is right and if so many people think it's wrong that I get fired, well, I've got enough to eat.
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Numbers are the most certain things we have.
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I never get over feeling bad about tearing open a beautifully wrapped present. It takes ten seconds to destroy a work of art that took someone ten minutes to accomplish.
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My most serious character flaw is that I don't deny myself much.
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Love is more pleasant once you get out of your twenties. It doesn't hurt all the time.
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