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MATT HAIG You know, the courts may not be working any more, but as long as everyone is videotaping everyone el... MATT GROENING You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's t... MATT GROENING In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats d... MATT TAIBBI 'The Kids Are All Right' is amazing. The performances are insanely good. Julianne Moore is g... MATT BOMER Teenagers are in some ways the best readers because their imaginations haven't been narrowed dow... MATT HAIG That's the way this business works: if your movies do well at the box office, you will be offere... MATT DAMON Bond is part of the system. He's an imperialist and a misogynist, and he laughs at killing peopl... MATT DAMON I have voted to make tough decisions in budgetary times, I've served on two recessionary budgets... MATT GONZALEZ I don't care how someone lives or how good their spoken English is. I do all of my interviews on... MATT MULLENWEG The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message ... MATT BERNINGER I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm... MATT DAMON I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve. I've had my share of mood swings, believe me. But it... MATT DILLON An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on every... MATT TAIBBI Being known as a writer did change the relationships I had with directors. The rap on actors is that... MATT DAMON To say we did well is an understatement. We really dominated the tournament. The champions we had ? ... MATT ARMSTRONG We have the same mentality. We just have to get the job done. It's one thing to say and another to d... MATT APPLEBAUM We were in the cages and coach (Bob) Todd said something to freshman Zach Hurley. What he said click... MATT ANGLE It was a catastrophic failure, MATT ANDRESEN You'll be able to trade Intel at midnight, ... a definite eventually in this marketplace. MATT ANDRESEN We just didn't hit the ball. She (Witte) pitched well, but I thought we had a chance because we were... MATT ANASTASIO I was very pleased with the way the team played, especially they way they hustled and dove on defens... MATT ANASTASIO If they haven't complied with the legislation, it's an honest mistake, and we will comply. MATT ALLEN In September 2004, I had 2,000 tons of inventory; by the first week of September 2005 there was no i... MATT ALLEN The deputy auditor has done a great job, but it's difficult to get things done without him around. MATT ALLEN We need the opportunity to play to bigger audiences. Winning a contest like this will open a lot of ... MATT ALLEN But there aren't any businesses there (in that annexed section) to speak of, just residents. MATT ARNOLD This past weekend I really felt comfortable. I hit a couple of shots early and that gave me confiden... MATT ARNOLD I'm extremely proud of each and every one of our kids. All of them refused to lose. Even when they w... MATT ARMSTRONG If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for m... MATT GONZALEZ