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My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.
“My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.”
— Ted Koppel · Cynicism
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“My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.”
“There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.”
“There is something very very special, universal and easily identifiable among all Jews; it is beyond territory, it is something we all have in common.”
“People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.”
“In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.”
“Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the loss of 269 lives. They pay me to put some perspective on the situation.”
“I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them.”
“The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.”
“I think I would have been a totally different kind of writer if I'd gone to England. I might have developed a cynicism about my origins, a belittling of them, or an excessive nostalgia for them.”
“Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted 'One Day' to stay on that line. I wanted it to be moving, but without being manipulative.”
“It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.”
“I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the '40s because there was no cynicism.”