Andy Rooney Quotes

When there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.

Andy Rooney

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• When there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.

  

  Andy Rooney
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  • World
  • Food