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I think it's easier to be cynical. I think the temptation, often, among writers is to write about anything other than real, true, deep feelings.

~Edward Zwick

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I'm not a particularly shiny, happy person. I'm fairly cynical, and that's what draws me to comedy.

~Elizabeth Banks

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EMILY's List has worked a lot with swing women voters over the years, and one thing we've learned is that they are very cynical about politics and politicians. They very much want help with the challenges facing them and their families, and they feel like most politicians don't understand or want to lift a finger to help them out.

~Ellen Malcolm

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I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.

~Emily Mortimer

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You know, many people have called me, friends from the nationalist camp, revisionists and so on, from around the world, have called me over the years - and now again because of what happened - and they are all very cynical about the police and the authorities.

~Ernst Zundel

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The attitude among the people I knew was, 'Fleur wants to be a singer' but it was never, 'Go for it. You can do it.' Everyone was cynical because we'd never seen anyone where we came from do it.

~Fleur East

Topics: Among Anyone Attitude Because Came Cynical Everyone Go Go For It Knew Never People Seen Singer Wants Where You You Can Do It

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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

~Franklin D. Roosevelt

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I'm not by nature a cynical person. But sometimes your expectations are different from reality.

~Fred Armisen

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Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it.

~Gael Garcia Bernal

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I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.

~Gal Gadot

Topics: Cynical Kind Sarcastic

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