Matt Taibbi Quotes

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

Matt Taibbi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I would love to do anything from a really gritty, interesting, indie type film, to that commercial, bigger stuff.

Meghan Markle

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My goal isn't to wake up in the morning and hurt people's feelings.

Andy Kindler

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Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.

John Stuart Mill

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Anyone can sell product by dropping their prices, but it does not breed loyalty.

Simon Sinek

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I used to dress up and impersonate our next-door neighbor, Miss Cox. She wore rubber boots, a wool hat, and her nose always dripped.

Tracey Ullman

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When they're singing the guitar lines of songs in South America? Never heard that before. And in Canada, when they're singing all of the lyrics to every song - that blows me away. I don't know all the lyrics to every song.

Mike McCready

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I have always thought of comedy as an important job and medium, and so I put pressure on myself to do the best I can.

Miranda Hart

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If you bet on individuals instead of the people, you are going to fail.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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I went to a record store and asked for 50 cent. They kicked me out for pan-handling.

Jay London

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I don't mind sacrifice. I don't mind discipline. But a good coach allows people to blossom. I've seen that. I didn't have it.

Dominique Moceanu

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I always think that change is like a daisy chain.

Boy George

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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

William Morris

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