Andy Rooney Quotes
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The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
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Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
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I think the American people deserve to have the issues debated, regardless of which side they're on, so that they are fully aware of what their representatives and senators are voting for and voting against.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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For once I want to have a relationship outside the public eye.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth.
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I went around in my teens and early 20s thinking that life was a con trick. I had managed to grow up believing in all sorts of romantic ideas about hard work and justice and truth, and it seemed the real world was much more complicated and shaded than I wanted to believe.
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I've just sort of jumped into relationships and moved in with people way too soon.
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I started doing community theatre as a way to make friends, and that was when I caught the acting bug.
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I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for it.
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Go to bed. Whatever you're staying up late for isn't worth it.
