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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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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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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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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I've not given up having a child. But I hope whatever route of parenthood I choose, whether it's adoption or I'm able to conceive, I just hope that I'm able to give someone as beautiful a life as my parents gave me.
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No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
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Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
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I got a tooth bust by somebody who decided they didn't like me and I thought the moustache hid a scar on my lip. It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.
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The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.
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Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well.
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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.
