Andy Rooney Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I've spent so many years talking about poverty and economic justice, I'm strongly tempted to get biblical. Jesus' teachings are so radical; they're just insanely generous and apocalyptic. Christians become more fascinated by the dead Jesus. They don't like the living Jesus.
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My boy and I move. We have this game where if we dress in a particular item of clothing, we have to do a different movement. A hat means 20 jumps - that sort of thing. When I put a scarf on, my son has to drop down and do push-ups, immediately. He thinks it's really funny.
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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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To be honest, I wasn't a sci-fi geek at all. But I do love a good sci-fi film, especially one that can really take you away. And I read some reality-bending novels growing up, like stuff by Vonngeut, so I already had one part my brain open to the unnatural and unusual, and it's generally fun to venture into that world and film in it.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo.
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.
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I have worked for a lot of really great leaders and mentors that I felt provided me, along with many of my peers - many of them women - opportunities.
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In my song you catch at times Note sweeter far than mine, And in the tangle of my rhymes Can scent the eglantine.
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It's tough. The losses we've suffered, we could've had eight in a row. . . . But we can't look back on that now.
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I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.
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Bullying happens at all ages and levels. Ralph Macchio Bullying Happens Levels Ages I wasn't the guy running out to the Viper Room or comedy clubs until three in the morning. I was the guy running back to watch the Mets win the World Series in 1986. Ralph Macchio Morning World Win Comedy I still feel that the original 'Karate Kid' is the great piece of work that has stood the test of time. It's a bit of soulful magic. Ralph Macchio Work Time Feel Great To me, in life, if you have a sense of humor about it, that's how you deal with anything. Ralph Macchio Life Me You Humor What's most exciting about the 'Cobra Kai' series is that it pays homage to the legacy; it has the nostalgia sprinkled throughout, the callbacks to all the stuff the fans would want to see. It has a completely fresh, relevant angle into the next generation.
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I've learned ... that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
