Andy Rooney Quotes
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement.
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool, and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.
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Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how to kill – but also learned when a crowd's laughter is meaningful.
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Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
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Well, I'm a professional.
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I was very aware of the fact that I was a young designer, and I didn't want to fall into the trap of 'mother of the bride' dressing and 'occasion-wear.' I wanted to make sure that girls my age were wearing it and that there was a cool factor to my clothes.
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We Poor Cousins don’t care at all though, except for when we’re on welfare, broke, starving, unable to buy cool high-tops for our children or pay for their university tuition or purchase massive fourth homes on private islands with helicopter landing pads. But whatever, we descendants of the Girl Line may not have wealth and proper windows in our drafty homes but at least we have rage and we will build empires with that, gentlemen.
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Any time I see anything moving onstage, I'm cautious about it.
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During the second half of the twentieth century, I had the privilege of living through years of intensive erudition, and I realized that Canadians, located in the northernmost region of this hemisphere, were always respectful towards our country.
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I don't think I ever saw acting as an actual career until late.
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By the time they're ready to be thrown away, most shoes are thoroughly comfortable
