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• There are only a few safe targets left, just a few groups of people you can say anything negative about without getting in trouble for it. I've made a list of safe targets and I probably ought to stick to those. Politicians, for instance. You can say anything you want about them, and it doesn't matter how unfair you are. People seem to like it.

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  People, Say Anything, Groups

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• I like animals who trust people.

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  Animal, People

  Andrew A. Rooney (2010). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.281, PublicAffairs

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• I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful.

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  Thinking, May, Should

  "Norman Lear's Left-Wing Paranoia About "The Right" by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. December 29, 2011.

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• You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. They've got all these new toys and they want to know whether they work or not.

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  Funny, Military, War

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• The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.

  Andy Rooney

  Dark, Light, Tree

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• Almost all of us have an elevator or two in our lives somewhere. We wait for them, we ride on them. We're annoyed by the wait but pleased with the lift.

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  Two, Annoyed, Waiting

  Andy Rooney (2007). “Years of Minutes: The Best of Rooney from 60 Minutes”, p.146, PublicAffairs

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• One of the things we can be sure of over the July 4th weekend is that news reports will keep telling us how many of us are going to die in automobile accidents.

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  4th Of July, Weekend, News

  "Great lines from "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney". www.cnn.com. November 5, 2011.

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• I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.

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  Complaining, Done, I Can

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• When I write, I use an Underwood #5 made in 1920. Someone gave me an electric typewriter, but there's no use pretending you can use machinery that thinks faster than you do. An electric typewriter is ready to go before I have anything to say.

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  Writing, Thinking, Typewriters

  Andrew A. Rooney (2010). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.94, PublicAffairs

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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.

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  Kids, Games, Lame

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• I'm in a position of feeling secure enough so that I can say what I think is right and if so many people think it's wrong that I get fired, well, I've got enough to eat.

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  Thinking, People, Feelings

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• Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.

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  Sexy, Hurt, Gymnastics

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• Let's face it, though, anything that's apt to happen to an appliance like a blender isn't covered by the warranty anyway, so I never send them in. If it breaks, I'll buy a new one. That's the American way.

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  Modern Life, Way, Faces

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• I try to look nice. I comb my hair, I tie my tie, I put on a jacket, but I draw the line when it comes to trimming my eyebrows. You work with what you got.

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  Nice, Hair, Eyebrows

  "Great lines from "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney". www.cnn.com. November 5, 2011.

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• I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and saw the Germans, and I changed my mind. I decided we were right going into World War II.

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  War, Believe, Mind

  "Great lines from "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney". www.cnn.com. November 5, 2011.

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• All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.

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  Men, Law, Literature

  Andy Rooney (2009). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.262, Hachette UK

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• I just sat there looking at television, sort of dumb and thought how horrible it was. I had -- the grand aspects of it did not occur to me -- I had no notion of this terrorist network that existed. I knew the were a lot of people in the world who didn't like us, but I had no idea that it was as well organized as it apparently is. That's one of the amazing facets of this terrible event: how well they did it. Incredible. The competence of these evil people.

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  Ideas, Terrible Events, Evil People

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• We aren't consistent in our treatment of animals.

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  Animal, Treatment, Consistent

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• Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents.

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  Smart, College, President

  "Andy Rooney, a Cranky Voice of CBS, Dies at 92" by Richard Severo and Peter Keepnews, www.nytimes.com. November 05, 2011.

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• The dullest Olympic sport is curling, whatever 'curling' means.

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  Sports, Mean

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• My own time is passing fast enough without some national game to help it along.

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  Games, Helping, Enough

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• I'd like to take some calculus, too. I have absolutely no ability in that direction and not much interest, either, but there's something going on in mathematics that I don't understand, and I'd like to find out what it is.

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  Mathematics, Calculus, Ability

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• The only thing that really bugs me about television's coverage is those damn women they have down on the sidelines who don't know what the hell they're talking about. I mean, I'm not a sexist person, but a woman has no business being down there trying to make some comment about a football game.

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  Football, Mean, Games

  "Connie Chung Tonight" with Paula Zahn, www.cnn.com. October 10, 2002.

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