In an age of never-ending health fads, it's comforting to learn that one of the healthiest activities you can do has existed for millennia. It's called reading. Yes, books are not just entertaining or educational: they can also improve your mental health.


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If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increa...
MATT BLUNT
The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be le...
MATT BLUNT
Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.
MATT BLUNT
In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent elec...
MATT BLUNT
In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an...
MATT BLUNT
The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good...
MATT BLUNT
We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and lib...
MATT BLUNT
Public education is an investment in our future.
MATT BLUNT
With 'Futurama,' I wanted to do unrequited love, and David Cohen agreed, and although our or...
MATT GROENING
Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.
MATT GROENING
Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature ma...
MATT GROENING
Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two hal...
MATT GROENING
You've got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you've got to embrace it.
MATT GROENING
I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.
MATT GROENING
People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're ...
MATT GROENING
I think there is a certain charm to the hand drawn image that I like. My problem with CGI is that it...
MATT GROENING
Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I...
MATT GROENING
I went through a phase where people would introduce me at parties as a cartoonist, and everybody fel...
MATT GROENING
I've conducted an experiment on my kids. Instead of denying them access to media, I've encou...
MATT GROENING
The thing about a cartoon is, you can do whatever you want. The tightrope that we are walking on ...
MATT GROENING
I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd eve...
MATT GROENING
The best stories in our culture have some sort of subversiveness - Mark Twain, 'Catcher in the R...
MATT GROENING
My father was a really sharp cartoonist and filmmaker. He used to tape-record the family surreptitio...
MATT GROENING
If I have one technology tip of the day, it's this: No matter how good the video on YouTube is, ...
MATT GROENING
Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?
MATT GROENING
Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems.
MATT GROENING
If you're wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor.
MATT BOMER
I like fishing as much when I don't catch anything as when I do.
MATT LAUER
A highway sign used to welcome people to New Haven, birthplace of President George W. Bush. But it w...
MATT APUZZO
I've always liked Southeast Asia a lot. It's a wonderful place, an easy place. People are gr...
MATT DILLON
Red notification bubbles on any icon, including mail, drive me crazy.
MATT MULLENWEG
Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly wi...
MATT BOMER
That's the way this business works: if your movies do well at the box office, you will be offere...
MATT DAMON
Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year.
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 was always taught that the first rule of bunker play is to just get the ball out. When you have a ...
MATT KUCHAR
What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business in...
MATT TAIBBI
Prosperity has brought complications. Our lives are busier, faster, more stressful. They're nost...
MATT RIDLEY
I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as w...
MATT BOMER