Lawrence O'Donnell

Anything anyone wants to say about me is fair. There's not a single thing that any viewer has ever said about anything I do on television that has bothered me in the least. And every single person has the right to hate whoever they want to hate on television, whether it be singers, actors, pundits. That's the deal.

American Journalist

Susie Dent

Footballers, managers, pundits and fans make up possibly the biggest tribe of them all, especially in this country. Whatever is said by pundits is echoed across sofas and in pubs all over the nation.

English Scientist

Jim Cantalupo

But you know the second month I was here I put out a healthy lifestyles directive. The pundits will say it was because we were sued. Well that's what they say. It was never about that.

American Businessman

Bob Ehrlich

Most pundits regard an election year session as an opportunity for the two parties to frame issues and garner political advantage in advance of the approaching election.

American Politician

Joe Hart

Criticism certainly doesn't affect my life, and whatever the pundits have called me, I'm sure they have been called a lot worse in their day.

English Athlete

Isa Guha

As a pundit, it's important to tell the viewer something they might not know, be unbiased and not sit on the fence.

English Celebrity

Alex Scott

As a pundit, I have to tell the truth. I think players will respect that. Well, I hope they do.

Sanjaya Baru

Indian politics has a way of taking a curious turn and surprising the wisest of pundits.

Indian Public Servant

Jonathan Krohn

Now that I'm a political pundit, I have the ability to influence people.

American Author

Bjorn Borg

I'm an actor who plays an intriguing character, not a political pundit.

Swedish Athlete

Used when discussing those who give expert analysis on news channels or in newspapers.

Media Context

Implies that the person is knowledgeable and often trusted in their field.

Expertise Implicit

Emphasizes that the individual offers personal views rather than objective facts.

Opinion Based

In Indian culture, a pundit is highly respected for wisdom and knowledge.

Cultural Reverence

Often relates to Hindu religion and traditions, instructing on moral and philosophical issues.

Religious Association

Refers to someone with scholarly achievements, specifically in Hindu teachings.

Academic Stature

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Megan Kamerick: Women...

 that frames this movement in ways that make it difficult to move our work forward, and right-wing pundits and other critics have these talking points that shift the focus away from survivors. So suddenly, a movement that was started to support all survivors of sexual violence

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 century and early sitars looked very little like their modern-day counterparts and they've gone through countless transformations over the years it's most recent incarnation occurred only in the 1940s at that time two young maestro's pundit Ravi Shankar and who

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 But is this necessarily a bad thing? Perhaps reason is overrated. Many pundits have argued that a good heart and steadfast moral clarity are superior to triangulations of overeducated policy wonks, like the best and brightest and that dragged us

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 many of the pundits had written us off, but we felt that in order for the legislative push to continue, we needed that win. And then, my name was announced, and I bounded up the steps in flip-flops, because I didn't expect to be onstage.

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 and so when the pundits and the politicians say that change is impossible what this love of country says back is that's just irrelevant we lose something dear something everyone in this room loves and cherishes if we

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 Now, it's not that they hate the fruits of progress, mind you. Most academics and pundits would rather have their surgery with anesthesia than without it. It's the idea of progress that rankles the chattering class.

Is the world getting...

 If you want to state your opinion without any opportunity for response or argument or pushback or growth, write a blog. Now, there's a really good reason why I don't allow pundits on my

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 and that brings up a really interesting question how soon will the first humans actually land here? Now, some pundits think if we got there by 2050, that'd be a pretty good achievement.

Your kids might live on...

 We lose something dear, something everyone in this room loves and cherishes, if we lose this republic, and so we act with everything we can to prove these pundits wrong. So here's my

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