Andy Rooney Quotes
The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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I'm quite a precious painter; my style is a messy fine art - sort of impressionist. I do portraits, I love painting other artists, but recently, I've been playing around with self portraits, putting on different characters.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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I'll kind of get interested in a subject and I won't know why. It'll be in my head for many years and I'll say, 'Do I know enough here to research?'
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Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
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Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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There's going to be a picture of 'Mama' on my obit.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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I have always said that after sport, I wanted a life, I wanted an opportunity, I wanted to be able to do something. And if something happens - the economy falls out or the dollar is worthless, anything could happen - you have to be ready to work. And I'm ready.
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Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.
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In all candor, the Court fails to perceive any reason for suspending the power of courts to get evidence and rule on questions of privilege in criminal matters simply because it is the president of the United States who holds the evidence.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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I am a very private person. No one ever knows anything about me as I don't think it is necessary. I tell people as much as I want them to know about me.
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The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.
