Matt Taibbi Quotes
America's always had a real passion for lunatic movements. That's one of the things we're probably known for around the world, I would imagine.
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I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
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'Shameless' was such a weird time in my life because I never really experienced any kind of role that put me that much in the spotlight before.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.
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It's super dope when you connect with something personally.
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People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.
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Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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I started out in a professional choir at 13 years old. We traveled to different places, and I had a close relationship with the leaders of our choir. We were recording when I was 15, so it wasn't like I had to wait until 25 to find out certain things.
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In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory, and by loving it, embrace it in the will.
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People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.
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I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.
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When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.
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It's very hard to remain a student in life.
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The game can be quite dangerous when you look at certain injuries, especially head injuries.
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The genius is childlike. Like children he looks into the world as into a new creation and finds there a perennial source of wonder and delight.
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You'll have to hire people to expand your business. But it's a good discipline to really question if you need each and every hire.
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So the well educated man can learn to sing and dance well.
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America's always had a real passion for lunatic movements. That's one of the things we're probably known for around the world, I would imagine.
