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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Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we're supposed to look like and it's fed to people at an age that's too young.
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I want a new drug, one that won't make me sick. One that won't make me crash my car, or make my head three feet thick.
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The institution of marriage should be re-examined because of its overwhelming claustrophobia. The odds are stacked against spontaneity and effervescence. It's an institution that was brought about for the sake of family and children, but biologically, it's very unnatural. It's masochism and torture the way it's been organized.
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The truth is, I am conservative, but socially, I'm very liberal.
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We have a window of opportunity to prevent a pandemic or at least delay the spread of a pandemic.
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I've learned ... that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
