#cynicism

And if you're doing a deal with a religious son of a bitch, get it in writing. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

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If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

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No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

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To be cynical is to be distant. While offering a false intimacy of being "in the know," cynicism actually destroys intimacy. It leads to a creeping bitterness that can deaden and even destroy the spirit... A praying life is just the opposite. It engaged evil. It doesn't take no for an answer. The psalmist was in God's face, hoping, dreaming, asking. Prayer is feisty. Cynicism, on the other hand, merely critiques. It is passive, cocooning itself from the passions of the great cosmic battle we are engaged in. It is without hope. ↗

— Paul E. Miller

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Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy. ↗

— William Greider

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I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism. ↗

— Tom Hanks

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Life seemed to him to be a narrow cage, and her iron bars were many and dense, and there was only one way out. ↗

— Leonid Andreyev

#death #despair #life #death

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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