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Tag Name "Cynicism" (320)

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We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.
Antanas Mockus
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There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.
Bob Newhart
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Maybe a new religion will rise now. Maybe without it, man will crumble in cynicism and selfishness because he really needs his gods.
Anne Rice
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Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.
Vachel Lindsay
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The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance
Anna Funder
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Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.
Vera Farmiga
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Can-do Americans courageously go about their duty in Iraq - mostly unafraid that a culture of 2,000 years, the reality of geography, the sheer forces of language and religion, the propaganda of state-run Arab media and the cynicism of the liberal West are all stacked against them.
Victor Davis Hanson
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After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.
Ang Lee
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In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
John Ortberg
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It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism.
Jacques Barzun
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the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.
Anais Nin
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I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting . . . it was the start of a new Arab world.. The Berlin Wall has fallen.
Walid Jumblatt
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People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or in computers and clipboards, or in absoluteness, severity, greed, and cynicism. But the peacemaker is dressed in righteousness, justice, and faithfulness - dressed for the work that is to be done.
Walter Brueggemann
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Cynicism is more than a pose it's also a handy time saver. By deflating your companion's enthusiasm, you can cut conversations in half.
Lisa Birnbach
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Adolescence: The stage between puberty and adultery.
Ambrose Bierce
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Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
Ambrose Bierce
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I am skeptical in principle, gullible in practice.
Mason Cooley
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Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
Douglas Horton
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I really like dark music and darkness in general and cynicism and pessimism and negativity because it allows you to create an even bigger contrast.
Andrew W.K.
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I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly.
Alexander Payne
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The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the unguarded sharer. To enter it, one must leave behind the seeming shelter of a control-based life, protected by walls of cynicism, judgment, and blame.
Charles Eisenstein
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The Concerned Photographer produces images in which genuine human feeling predominates over commercial cynicism or disinterested formalism.
Cornell Capa
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Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.
Alex Kingston
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