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cynical effort exercise iraq policy president shore sponsored support war
Today's so-called 'Freedom Walk' sponsored by the Pentagon is a cynical exercise in an effort to shore up sagging support for the president and his war policy in Iraq .
cynical journalism cynicism
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre. Joe Klein
cynical democracy mediocrity
Democracy: a festival of mediocrity. Emile M. Cioran
cynical television today
The good television of today is probably better than the best television of the old days. The bad television of today is worse. It is not only bad, it is damaging, meretricious, seedy and cynical. John Humphrys
cynical groups kids worked
American kids are more cynical than any other groups of kids I've worked with. Rosalind Wiseman
cynical campaigns helping
If it's cynical, risky politics that brings a lighted match and a can of gas near the Democratic coalition, it should be named as such, and its consequences understood, and it should become part of the complex calculus we're all building to help us understand these campaigns. Ezra Klein
cynical problem realistic
I don't seem to be cynical to myself but how what I say goes down with others is their problem. I'm realistic. Gore Vidal
cynical psychology worst
Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them. Franklin P. Adams
cynical idealist
I'm a cynical idealist. F. Scott Fitzgerald
cynical next knows
I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next. Fay Weldon
cynical shantaram bigs
The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business. Gregory David Roberts
cynical revolution slime
Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy. Franz Kafka
cynical despairing full hurt music sad wound
So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty? Why must it hurt him and make him cynical and sad and untrusting? Anne Rice
cynical impossible matter
No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. Lily Tomlin
cynical extremely volatile
a very cynical and willful manipulation of an extremely volatile situation. Hanan Ashrawi
cynical employees explaining found highly traits
We found that personality traits did little in explaining which employees were highly cynical and which employees were not.
cynical falsehoods people saddest subjected uniform
The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these cynical and pernicious falsehoods day in and day out, Dick Cheney
cynical la seen spoiled
Everyone in LA is cynical and spoiled and seen it all.
cynical planets found
I've found myself getting more and more cynical about what's happening to the planet - it makes me furious. Glenn Close
cynical incredibles appeals
Metaphysics is almost always an attempt to prove the incredible by an appeal to the unintelligible. H. L. Mencken
cynical march film
The Ides of March was a fairly cynical film. Grant Heslov
cynical comedian kind
A comedian's a comedian. They're a very kind of cynical bunch. I guess that's why I like them. Graham Norton
cynical deciding parties people serve switching
He probably underestimated how cynical people are about politicians' switching parties or deciding they don't want to serve after being elected. Paul Thomas
cynical morality driven
We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion. Erica Jong
cynical democracy life-is
The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope. Hillary Clinton
cynical barbarians clients
As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend. Jack Abramoff
cynical shame manners
The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with. J. Irwin Miller
cynical industry music woke
It was a shock, yes, and it really woke me up to how cynical the music industry was,
cynical ourselves prove
It's a cynical city, ... We had to prove ourselves first.
cynical distract effort fact fairly florida issue process public treated voters
It's a fairly cynical effort on his part to distract the public from what's really the issue and that's the fact that the redistricting process in Florida is broken, and voters aren't being treated fairly.
cynical easier easy sidelines sit stones throw
It's easy to be cynical and sit on the sidelines and throw stones at the commission. It's easier to do that if you don't participate.
cynical promise vision
What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises. Lou Gerstner
cynical machines band
The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an industry or a cynical moneymaking machine. Pete Townshend