Andy Rooney Quotes
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
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I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.
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I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.
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I live a half mile from the San Andreas fault - a fact that bubbles up into my consciousness every time some other part of the world experiences an earthquake. I sometimes wonder whether this subterranean sense of impending disaster is at least partly responsible for Silicon Valley's feverish, get-it-done-yesterday work norms.
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I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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When romance is done well in a movie, it's awesome.
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I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.
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As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. I've been doing this for 26 years and some of the things I've done are always with me.
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I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back in my youth, but now it's just being able to control it, and not work it so hard and use more of an emotional or sub textual kind of approach to singing.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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It was tough for him in that newsroom with Ted Baxter getting all the glory and this poor guy doing all the work. Murray worried so much he worried his hair off!
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What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have that in every single thing I've ever done.
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I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.
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I want to work with the best coaches in the world.
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I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album.
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Many young adults I have communicated with - both in-person and over email - constantly apologize before stating their idea, or finish each sentence with a question. Unfortunately, doing so in business puts you at an immediate disadvantage with your boss and work colleagues.
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I prefer to do cable TV because it allows you the time to do other things. I definitely have an eye on doing more work in features and playing different characters, but I am also a big fan of going on vacation and playing golf and going to the beach.
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I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.
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In a world of hunchbacks, a fine figure becomes a monstrosity.
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Their eagerness for the big-band music and their ability to grasp the essence of it made me realize that today's generation has not been properly exposed to the big-band sound.
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I always thought of myself as a very, very obscure artist.
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Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
