Andy Rooney Quotes
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People take things so seriously.
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Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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I do two cups of coffee with a little bit of raw sugar and soy creamer, and then I do a bowl of plain oatmeal with walnuts and blueberries. Now, if I could do what I really wanted to do with my life, every morning I would have a salami-and-cheese omelet with hash browns and a buttermilk biscuit - and pancakes. But my heart would explode.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit.
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Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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When I was in college, I used to love to watch football on Sundays.
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Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.
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For me, I'd rather be the inventive one, and if something doesn't work, I'll go back to the workshop, put it on the bench, and pound on it for awhile.
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No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due to his neighbor.
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Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour, and it can never be used to hurt you.
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And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.
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I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends. I respect what Valentine's Day stands for because it is about love
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Elephants and grandchildren never forget.
