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Andy Rooney

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  • “A writer’s job is to tell the truth.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “I like ice hockey, but it’s a frustrating game to watch. It’s hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort – the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing – the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can’t eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as ‘progress’, doesn’t spread.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don’t return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn’t want that to happen, would you.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don’t return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn’t want that to happen, would you.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “The Super Bowl isn’t for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it because by doing this lame piece about the game I can put it on my expense account.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don’t return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn’t want that to happen, would you.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “I don’t like food that’s too carefully arranged it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I’d buy a painting.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “Death is a distant rumor to the young.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads.” -Andy Rooney

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  • “The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.” -Andy Rooney

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