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I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people’s idea of patriotism is hating other countries.

Andy Rooney

I just wish this social institution [religion] wasnt based on what appears to me to be a monumental hoax built on an accumulation of customs and myths directed toward proving something that isnt true.
ANDY ROONEY

Custom Direction Evidence Institution Monument Myself Myth Social
My most serious character flaw is that I don’t deny myself much.
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Character Flaw Myself Serious
Don’t rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.
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Hands Head Rule World Yourself
The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.
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Avoid Book Cook Learning
I’ve learned… That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
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Hands Heart Learning Person Time Understand
Go to bed. Whatever you’re staying up late for isn’t worth it.
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Bed Later Stay Worth
When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.
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Age Fresh Myself Wait
If I’d known how many problems I was going to run into before I finished, I can’t remember a single project I would have started.
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Finish Myself Problem Remember
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done.
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Computer Easy Need Work
Familiar things are a comfort to us all.
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Calm Comfortable Peace
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.
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Arrangement Care Food Myself Paint Photograph Time
Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.
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Enjoyment Growth Television Watch
Most of us believe everyone has a right to his own opinion – as long as it agrees with ours.
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Agreement Believe Opinion Ourselves Right
Elephants and grandchildren never forget.
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Animal Forget Grandparents
Most of us aren’t that interested in getting rich- we just don’t want to get poor.
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Focus Interest Perspective Poor Rich
A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don’t know what they are talking about.
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Greatness Opinion People Permission Right Talk

I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people’s idea of patriotism is hating other countries.

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