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.


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If you can't spot the sucker in the first half an hour at the table, then you are the sucker.
MATT DAMON
Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking...
MATT DILLON
Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that'...
MATT DAMON
It-was a tiny mollusc that caused Walter, grandfather of the greatest biologist of the twentieth cen...
MATT RIDLEY
As a small boy Francis Crick had been haunted by a fear that by the time he grew up everything would...
MATT RIDLEY
Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.
MATT GROENING
Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.
MATT BIONDI
When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learn...
MATT GROENING
I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun
MATT GROENING
I've heard it said of faith that first we jump, and then we grow wings. Integrity is like that too, ...
MATT BALDWIN
There's something uniquely aggravating about the smugness of liberal Hollywood.
MATT STONE
Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's ni...
MATT DAMON
If I could film, we'd film every episode of 'Doctor Who' in New York. I have an affinity...
MATT SMITH
I'm a stubborn guy that loses his temper, sometimes driving the station wagon in the wrong direc...
MATT BERNINGER
It seems like the web, particularly software as a service, provides ample opportunities for you to f...
MATT MULLENWEG
'Alligator' was the first record that anyone paid attention to, and it seemed like it was th...
MATT BERNINGER
I don't like the idea of 'I've played nine years, I've made some All-Star teams, I m...
MATT HOLLIDAY
'The Simpsons' is about alienation and the ambivalence of living with a family who you love ...
MATT GROENING
I always see people tweeting about these crazy amazing things their boyfriend or girlfriend did for ...
MATT PROKOP
You would be amazed what the ordinary guy knows.
MATT DRUDGE
There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of ha...
MATT GROENING
I believe in forgiveness, I believe in second chances, and I believe we should find a way to restore...
MATT BEVIN
If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day. 'Heres Matt at home lear...
MATT DAMON
What we really have to do is stop the adjective before the job title - whether it's 'black a...
MATT BOMER
I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as i...
MATT DAMON
I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style a...
MATT GROENING
On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in t...
MATT GROENING
I went to a couple Academy Awards parties and I was definitely like, 'Whoa, no one will talk to ...
MATT STONE
I don't know why, but audiences are often sympathetic to thieves. Sometimes they are more sympat...
MATT DILLON
My wife is my soul mate. I can't imagine being without her.
MATT DAMON
It's a social contract we make. We're willing to give up certain things. We give you the rig...
MATT APUZZO
Already renewable energy advocates are noting that the 42 miles of above-ground right-of-way between...
MATT GONZALEZ
If I was making a tea advert, I would want to communicate about tea is that it can console you, it c...
MATT SMITH
We don't push back hard enough against the government. We could use, the country in general coul...
MATT APUZZO
I'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though.
MATT SMITH
No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can'...
MATT CAMERON
Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often over...
MATT GROENING
While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary.
MATT BEVIN
Certainly other things we can do, we gotta promote after-school employment, give kids an opportunity...
MATT GONZALEZ
The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before...
MATT MCGORRY