Matt Taibbi Quotes
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.
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Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don't have to riot.
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I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard.
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It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth.
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In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.
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My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.
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If you are playing King Lear you are the centre of attention anyway. You don't need to draw attention to yourself. It's all laid out for you.
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I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
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I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have.
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I like it when I strut.
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Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in the U.S.
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I grew up in Northern California on the peninsula. It was a beautiful house, but it was very traditional. It wasn't midcentury modern. I'm talking 1970s, early '80s - design didn't even go 'Wall Street' until, like, 1986.
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I spent maybe a week all day every day working on the wall, my first legal wall because I was just so excited and it was nice to be able to chill and relax and work on the piece instead of doing it quickly and running from the cops or whatever. Then it just really grew from there. Other people saw it and appreciated the skill.
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At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.
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The individual incentive not to commit crime on Wall Street now is almost zero.
