Matt Taibbi Quotes
I didn't know Michael Hastings very well, but one thing about him was always obvious - he was born to be in the news business, he loved it, he was made for it. He wrote about Iraq and Afghanistan as places he had always been destined to visit.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.
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I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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It seems like WikiLeaks has better information on Hillary Clinton than she does herself.
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Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
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It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
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The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.
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Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.
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Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.
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The ANC will never die; it will live.
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Life owes me a living worth living. Yes, Eden regarded life as her debtor, she its relentless paymaster.
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In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.
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Based on my pool of coached clients, 90% of the challenges for business owners exist in a lack of personal development.
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Every good business story has a conflict and triumph at the core and a turning point where a transformation takes place.
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I didn't know Michael Hastings very well, but one thing about him was always obvious - he was born to be in the news business, he loved it, he was made for it. He wrote about Iraq and Afghanistan as places he had always been destined to visit.
