Andy Rooney Quotes
I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.
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I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
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My dogs are spoilt for sure. They are pampered pooches. But I love them so much! I guess all dogs need to be washed, but maybe blueberry facials aren't essential. It's quite fun, though. You want to give your children everything; I don't have children, so I want my dogs to have a good life.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.
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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
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Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
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Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
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Truth be told, actually, my favorite director of the Movie Brats was not Scorsese. Loved him. But my favorite director of the Movie Brats was Brian de Palma. I actually met De Palma right after I'd done 'Reservoir Dogs,' and I was very beside myself.
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Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.
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I came here with a lot of things that I would like to get done for my community and my constituents. Shooting hoops at the White House was not at the top of the list but would certainly be a thrill.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.
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Life is so much easier without the attention.
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Government on its own is always inefficient.
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I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist.
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For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas
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I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.
