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What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it - the process of learning huge volumes of… — Abraham Verghese
... but a dream is nothing more than reality shorn of cynicism. — Joseph Girzone
It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism. — H. L. Mencken
What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?. — George Bernard Shaw
No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman. — W. Somerset Maugham
It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
I never think I feel cynical in general. Cynical is reality with an alternate spelling. I feel there's a gigantic amount of injustice and overt… — Woody Allen
When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won't intoxicate with one glass someone who has already… — Anton Chekhov
Obasanjo has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance, embraced and empowered individuals whose avowed declarations, confessions and acts are cynically contrary to the… — Wole Soyinka
A cynic should never marry an idealist. For the cynic, marriage represents the welcome end of romantic life, with all its agony and ecstasy. But… — Julie Burchill
There's something I believe wholeheartedly: Cynicism is the true refuge of the pseudo-intellectual, .. Cynicism is easy. Joy is an extremely advanced spiritual and intellectual… — Craig Ferguson
About California... "I thought it was an appalling place. Then I went through a period of being amused by it. Now it`s sort of both.… — Alex Kingston
Our choice is between cynicism and hope. — Jim Wallis
Some people will of course accuse me of misanthropy and cynicism. I can't celebrate humanity but I'm not out to indict it either. I just… — Todd Solondz
The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be. — Matt LeBlanc
Nothing ever guarantees you anything-that's my rule. My other rule is never believe anything that anyone tells you, and then you'll never be fooled. It's… — David Hyde Pierce
Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away a little of… — Zubin Mehta
I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting . . . it was the start of a new Arab world..… — Walid Jumblatt
Doubt is always accompanied by a pervasive cynicism that unconsciously puts a negative spin on whatever it touches. — Adyashanti
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Cynicism isn't smarter, it's only safer. There's nothing fluffy about optimism. — Jewel
Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down. — Collis Potter Huntington
Cynicism is for lightweights. — Jewel
The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that "some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of life. It is… — John Bolton
For years, I had used these fractured men to justify my cynicism and workaholism, and the grief, insomnia and casual anorexia were no longer of… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke

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