The 60 Minutes Commentator Brings Together His Greatest Pieces Of Writing Spanning A Half-century. I. The Beginnings Of A Writing Life. Drafted -- Meeting Marge -- A Missive To Marge From England -- Places Of Business -- Combat -- Ii. Mr. Rooney Goes To Work. Chairs -- Mr. Rooney Goes To Dinner -- In Praise Of New York City -- An Essay On War -- Iii. A Few Decades With Andy Rooney. The Man Behind The Desk: Sartorial Shortcomings -- A World-class Saver -- Born To Lose -- My Name's Been Stolen -- On Writing: There Is No Secret -- It's A Writer Who Makes A Fool Of Himself -- The Journalist's Code Of Ethics -- A Report On Reporting -- Big Business -- On Work And Money: Procrastination -- Fired -- Broke -- A Cash Standard -- Savings -- The Art Of Living: Being With People -- Being Without -- Finding The Balance -- The Truth About Lying -- The Sweet Spot In Time -- Life, Long And Short -- The Glories Of Maturity -- Plain-spoken Wisdom: Trust -- Intelligence -- Directions -- The Quality Of Mercy -- Morning People And Night -- People -- The Sound Of Silence --^ The Search For Quality: Where Are All The Plumbers? -- On Conservation -- Design -- Quality? -- Signed By Hand -- Loyalty -- On Home And Family: A Nest To Come Home To -- Real Real Estate -- Home -- Struck By The Christmas Lull -- An Appreciative Husband's Gratitude -- My House Runneth Over -- Mother -- Grandfatherhood -- Simple Pleasures: A Trip To The Dump -- Vacation -- Napping -- Wastebaskets -- Wood -- An All-american Drive -- Christmas Trees -- Oh, What A Lovely Game -- The Urge To Eat: Ice Cream -- The Andy Rooney Upside-down -- Diet -- Thin For Christmas -- The Urge To Eat -- Sodium-restricted Diet -- On People And Places: Thanks, Pal -- Frank Sinatra, Boy And Man -- E.b. White -- Lonnie -- The Godfrey You Don't Know -- Harry Reasoner -- A Best Friend -- The Flat Earth In Kansas -- Surrendering To Paris -- No, Thank You: Waiting -- Hot Weather -- Neat People -- Driving -- The White House? No, Thank You -- The Agony Of Flight --^ Appendix: The Following Things Are True: 99 Opinions I'm Stuck With -- Dislikes -- Rules Of Life -- The Following Things Are True -- The Following Things Are True About Sports -- Happy Holiday Doesn't Do It -- The More You Eat -- Life As I See It: Rooney's Witticisms. Andrew A. Rooney ; With An Introduction By Brian Rooney.

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