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The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Average Average Person Dog Nicer Person Than

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If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Around Else Mean Really Smile You

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One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Christmas Clean Created Day Glorious Living Living Room Mess Messes Most Quickly Room Too Up World

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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

Topics: End Five Lives More Most People Remember Rest Six Teachers Than Them Thousands Thousands Of People Up Us Who

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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

Topics: Blessed Bring Closing Comfort Door Final Joyous Moment Opening Privacy Sad Terror Thing Wonderfully

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It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Anyone Appeal Appeals Everyone Getting Getting Old Idea Life Living Long Long Life Old Paradoxical

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People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Accept Agree Believe Facts Generally Only People Truth Will

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The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Anytime Chance Get Getting Probability Right Rule Something Wrong You

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Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Hunter Indian Lousy Meaning Old Vegetarian Word

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Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Caught Eating Get Man Real Real Man Would A Real Man

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: January 14th, 1919

Died: November 4th, 2011

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