"Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view……" — Shawn Colvin
"Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long."
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14 Quotes by Shawn Colvin
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I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a…
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I dont like doing whats expected. Ive always done best when Ive listened to my instincts rather than following convention…
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John Floridis was very inspiring. He plays so well.
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I consider myself as a singer first, but something that really helped me come into my own is that there's…
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What's great about art is that if you can reach people, if they hear or see what you do and…
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There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles,…
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The less you know, the more I comprehend. You don't have to drag me down, I descend.
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I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs and sing them year after…
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One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't.
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This world's a blessing and a beast everyday.
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Give me some credit for the hell I've paid.
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You say in life, mistakes are many. How come you never admit to any?
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More Cynic Quotes
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Remember, beneath every cynic there lies a romantic, and probably an injured one.
— Glenn Beck
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I'm very used to playing the tomboy or the sarcastic cynic. That's my go-to. Playing the vulnerable of a real…
— Kristen Bell
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Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this…
— Jeff Bridges
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The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help…
— Joyce Brothers
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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
— Maya Angelou
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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently…
— Sydney J. Harris
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The scholar without good breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Idealist: a cynic in the making.
— Irving Layton
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A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and…
— James Gould Cozzens
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The cynic is his own worst enemy. It requires far less skill to run a wrecking company than it does…
— Uell Stanley Andersen
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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