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Students undergo a conversion in the third year of medical school - not pre-clinical to clinical, but pre-cynical to cynical.

~Abraham Verghese

Topics: Clinical Conversion Cynical Medical Medical School School Students Third Undergo Year

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We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something, due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.

~Adora Svitak

Topics: Ability Always Ask Cynical Due Elders Fact Gives Jaded Kids Might Opinion Our Rarely Reference Something Teach Us Very

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If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world - all you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there. For every one bad one, there's a thousand good ones.

~Alan Jackson

Topics: About After Anything Bad Bad One Bad Stuff Came Cynical Every Everyday Good Good Ones Good People Hear How Many Me News Out People Refreshing Saw Stuff Thousand Were World You

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Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Best Cynical Doing Excuse Intelligent Intolerable Man Nothing Realism Situation

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I really try, at least consciously, not to be cynical or ironic.

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Topics: Cynical Ironic Least Really Try

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I'm not cynical, but I don't really want to have a boyfriend or husband again.

~Alexandra Cassavetes

Topics: Again Boyfriend Cynical Husband Really Want

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As human beings we're so cynical, so uncompassionate.

~Alicia Silverstone

Topics: Beings Cynical Human Human Beings

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People can be quite cynical. 'The Kills are too cool.' There's been an on-and-off relationship with the music press that loves us and then hates us then loves us again. I don't think any kind of press is reliable.

~Alison Mosshart

Topics: Again Any Been Cool Cynical Hates Kind Loves Music People Press Quite Relationship Reliable Then Think Too Us

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Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it.

~Allan Bloom

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A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction.

~Amber Tamblyn

Topics: About Acting Advice Cynical Direction Get Just Lame Lot Matter People Send Some Someone Talk Them Think Truth Want Will Wrong Wrong Direction

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