Matt Taibbi Quotes

What we Americans go through to pick a president is not only crazy and unnecessary but genuinely abusive. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in a craven, cynical effort to stir up hatred and anger on both sides.

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• People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.

  

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• I don't get star-struck at all.

  

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• You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.

  

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• As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think people should be able to protect their homes from imagery - much of it violent - that is, I feel, a form of child abuse when adult society inflicts it upon children.

  

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• I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.

  

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• For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.

  

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• Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

  

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• The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.

  

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• Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.

  

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• In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.

  

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• Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.

  

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• I'm very competitive, and I want to win.

  

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• Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

  

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• 'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.

  

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• I consider the many years I produced 'Frontline' documentaries as the essential building blocks of my success.

  

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• Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.

  

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• There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.

  

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• Hillary Clinton is a threat to the rule of law and to our safety and security.

  

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• I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums.

  

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• I don't like the idea of 'I've played nine years, I've made some All-Star teams, I make the most money. I've got to be a leader.' That doesn't make you a leader. Treating people the right way is more important.

  

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• Annabelle '...health care is an expanding field, as the world fills up with people that would have been dead a hundred years ago. Everybody winds up needing care, pretty much.'

  

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• There's a big difference between me and a real, legitimate working hand, or a world-champion rodeo cowboy. I play 'em, and I aspire to be like that, but those guys are tough.

  

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• What we Americans go through to pick a president is not only crazy and unnecessary but genuinely abusive. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in a craven, cynical effort to stir up hatred and anger on both sides.

  

  Matt Taibbi
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