Andy Rooney Quotes
Before a kid learns how to use a computer that can solve mathematical problems, he or she should know how to do arithmetic without a computer.
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I always remember that I am a representative of my country, and I always think about the culture I'm bringing to people.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him?
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
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While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educated women - wherever they work, at home, in an office, a store or a factory.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.
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Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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Like most conservatives, my path was a bit meandering. I grew up around people who mostly held conservative or libertarian views. The liberals I knew were fairly quiet about it, or at least I don't remember it being very heavy-handed.
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People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
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Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
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To me, my business is my life.
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I knew I always wanted to sing.
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My first ever sex scene in a movie was in 'Superbad.' Because I was 17, for legal reasons my mother had to be on the set. It was real awkward, but it worked out OK because when I watched the movie with her, the sex scene wasn't awkward because she'd been right there when it happened.
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The trouser is looser but it's tailored and has a flat front so it doesn't look frumpy, so kids will like it.
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Every single person that spent a few bucks to buy a book that I wrote deserves a big thank you from my whole family.
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I resisted writing a book for a long time because I didn't want to invade anyone else's privacy or hurt anyone or anger anyone.
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Before a kid learns how to use a computer that can solve mathematical problems, he or she should know how to do arithmetic without a computer.
