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"I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I'd rather be a dog and bay at the moon than stay in the Senate another six years and listen to it."
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"Expect stupid. It's everywhere."
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"In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same."
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"Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is instead of as it should be."
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"I guess the painkillers wipe out your memory along with your ethics."
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"I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism."
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"Motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches."
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"People, generally, suck."
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"Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to identify it, dreading the inevitable downswing that is sure to follow. The guests will repeat themselves one too many times, or you'll run out of dope or liquor and realize that it was all you ever had in common."
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"No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles."
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"Men, in general, are a sort of scum, very different to anything of which you have an idea."
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"I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I'd rather be a dog and bay at the moon than stay in the Senate another six years and listen to it."
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"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government."
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