From before I was born, we Arabs have been caught between two forces that, seemingly, cannot be defeated: our ruthless dictators, who oppress and humiliate us, and the cynical western powers, who would rather see us ruled by criminals loyal to them than have democratically elected leaders accountable to us.
Hisham Matar
BornDefeatedTwoSeeCynicalUs
I'm not a particularly shiny, happy person. I'm fairly cynical, and that's what draws me to comedy.
Elizabeth Banks
HappyMeComedyPersonCynical
Relentless and cynical traffic-trawling is bad for the soul.
Nick Denton
SoulBadRelentlessCynical
Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
Pankaj Mishra
IndiaDesireMoreCynicalBritish
It's not okay for me to behave as if I'm cynical about the future. Even if I am.
Trevor Paglen
FutureI AmMeOkayBehaveCynical
I will never be cynical again about people.
Dick Ebersol
PeopleWillNeverCynicalAgain
As human beings we're so cynical, so uncompassionate.
Alicia Silverstone
HumanCynicalHuman BeingsBeings
The use of music in 'Gloria' is not cynical.
Sebastian Lelio
MusicCynicalUse
Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.
Lili Taylor
BestPlaceStrangeTryUpCynical
Undermining life-affirming social solidarities and any viable notion of the public good, right-wing politicians trade in forms of idiocy and superstition that mesmerize the illiterate and render the thoughtful cynical and disengaged.
Henry Giroux
GoodThoughtfulPoliticiansCynical
Obama's position on marriage is brazenly cynical.
David Limbaugh
MarriagePositionCynicalObama
Journalists are often portrayed as cynical. I often think it's the opposite.
David Grann
ThinkCynicalOppositeOften
I have never been a cynical person.
Margot Robbie
PersonNeverCynicalBeen
I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel.
Nancy Sinatra
PeopleMeThinkCynicalSomething
I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.
Jo Brand
PeopleDoingReasonPointCynical
I directed Bebe Neuwirth in 'Here Lies Jenny' at the Post Street Theatre. I was gobsmacked - the audiences were extremely knowledgeable, affectionate, interested, and not cynical.
Roger Rees
TheatreStreetCynicalHerePost
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.
Colin Quinn
WorkWorldYouSayWayCynical
England's just very cynical.
Winston Marshall
CynicalJustEnglandVery
I know 150 percent how deeply cynical and negative I can be. I can be very dark and harsh.
Ty Segall
NegativeDarkI CanKnowCynical
We have an educated and cynical electorate.
Leo Varadkar
EducatedCynicalElectorate
I've always felt that if I ever got cynical, I would have to stop making music because I'd just be poisoning the air.
Glen Hansard
MusicStopAlwaysAirCynicalJust
Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.
David Byrne
HardDaysPrettyCynicalYeah
Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.
George Carlin
PersonInsideDisappointedCynical
I'm not cynical.
Laura Schlessinger
Cynical
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