Matt Taibbi Quotes
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I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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The American fans would love to see me fight anybody.
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In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.
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As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.
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When I'm singing I'm always trying to get to the highest point possible. I'd fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen.
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For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.
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Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
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This radical transformation of world power relationships reflects primarily in the case of both the USA and the USSR the growth of the productive forces.
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I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it.
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What's important to me is people just being people.
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When you finish a film, you never want to see it again.
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You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
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A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.
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I think innovation as a discipline needs to go back and get rethought and revived. There are so many models to talk about innovation, there are so many typologies of innovation, and you have to find a good innovation metric that truly captures the innovation performance of a company.
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When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost.
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I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.
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In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago.
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RADIO – DADA DIX whose monumental painting 'Barricade' now lost created such a sensation in Dresden
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If I could read any person's mind, it would be my cat's.
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There's a difference between religion and faith," Chandi said, "Religion means you've accepted a set of beliefs even if those beliefs would appear to be irrational to anyone who doesn't buy into them. Faith means you've chosen to accept something that you've given yourself the chance to question.
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You know, piloting really isn't my hobby. And, it's probably not something I'd do in my spare time if I could do whatever I wanted to do. But, I'll tell you: if you've got to make a living, it's a great way to make a living!
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I will not allow anyone to shut me up or shame me into silence, and I'm not going to rot away behind closed doors.
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I'm a product of an East Coast liberal arts educational system.
