Matt Taibbi Quotes

What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that office, they spend all their time in office paying back over and over again those campaign contributions through various favors and contracts and that sort of thing.

Matt Taibbi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 2, 1970

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BusinessTimeMoneyBackSituation

I used to always judge other people's mistakes in the mountains. I think a bit differently now. Everybody's gotten away with a mistake or poor decision out there at one point or another, but sometimes it catches up to you, or sometimes you're just plain unlucky.

Jimmy Chin

DecisionMistakesMountainsPeople

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit.

Andrew Jackson

PowerControlPaperInterestAble

Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical about Walt.

John Hench

RespectGreatPeopleNothingCynical

Not only did I always know I was black, I always knew we were and are beautiful, culturally rich, and creators of everything from the sciences to the arts.

Angela Rye

BeautifulBlackRichKnowEverything

You recognize the truth because sometimes it's hard to swallow, but if you hold it in your mouth, refusing to eat it, you are going to choke.

Monica Johnson

TruthYouMouthSometimesHardEat

The activism of marginalized people often comes with visibility and being heard. Which can lead people to believe that recognition and awareness is the actual end point. And it is not.

DeRay Mckesson

PeopleBelieveEndRecognitionLead

Everybody loves things that sparkle.

Philip Treacy

SparkleThingsEverybodyLoves

Oftentimes, reality is much worse than what you can put in a movie.

Susanne Bier

RealityYouWorseThanMuchMovie

Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy.

Pope Paul VI

TechnologyGreatJoySociety

Thackeray is an institution that cannot become irrelevant because of one election.

Sharad Pawar

ElectionBecomeInstitutionBecause

The gratifying part of my journey is no one calls me a star child or a superstar's wife anymore. I think I have grown beyond that and have my own identity.

Twinkle Khanna

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My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.

Marilyn Manson

MeBelieveYouAbilityAnythingGot

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