Andy Rooney Quotes
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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I used to have to force myself to go, okay, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing and then all of a sudden a thought of some where could come in. Now I can just focus and not think about anything. So, yeah, I guess I do that a lot.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
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Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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We know that reading to children is a crucial step. From the beginning, babies who are read to are exposed to the cadence of language, and school-age children who read at home for 15 minutes a day are exposed to millions of words.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.
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I try and make it possible for beginners to start training MMA and not be scared of it as a sport. I try to actually give them the skill set that is necessary - to feel comfortable, maybe not on a big level. And not just Russia, but worldwide.
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Maybe I'm not a good enough artist that people just think of me. Maybe in the future, I'll bloom into something that will just make people look at me for what I am.
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Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
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Science is unflinchingly deterministic, and it has begun to force its determinism into morals. On some shining tomorrow a psychoanalyst may be put into the box to prove that perjury is simply a compulsion neurosis, like beating time with the foot at a concert or counting the lampposts along the highway.
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The living self has one purpose only: to come into its own fullness of being, as a tree comes into full blossom, or a bird into spring beauty, or a tiger into lustre.
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I hate to say it, but I had a great time in World War II.
