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'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing.
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History has long had a wall up between the kitchen and the dining room. Front of house, back of house - one group always wielded more power and influence.
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Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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I collect things that just look retarded.
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The individual incentive not to commit crime on Wall Street now is almost zero.