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The idea of reasoning with terrorists without force or with appeasement is naive, and I think it's dangerous. George Allen | top
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The only thing I think I can be accused of about paparazzi is being really naive. I didn't think about it coming along with the job and I never, during my three years at drama school, fantasized about one bit of it. Paul Bettany | top
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I gravitated to acting out of a mixture of instinct, naivete and opportunity. Jeffrey Combs | top
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We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that it is delightful to meet artists who have given us pleasure. Robertson Davies | top
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I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child. Claude Debussy | top
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Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution. Theodosius Dobzhansky | top
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Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur. Alfred Eisenstaedt | top
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I don't want people to come and see our gig because of the magnificent things I'm doing with my hips, but it's their evening, you know. They have to have fun. I'm a little bit naive. Andrew Eldritch | top
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Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors. Bill Forsyth | top
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I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've got a right to say what I believe. Ed Harris | top
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The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive. Joichi Ito | top
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Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another. Lee Konitz | top
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I don't know what idiocies drove me in those days, but they were naive, innocent idiocies in many ways. Laurie Lee | top
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I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life. Tobey Maguire | top
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We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics. Kate Millett | top
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Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive. Ogden Nash | top
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Whatever one thinks of President George W. Bush and his unilateralist crew, most of the people laughing at us do not think we are evil. What they think is that we are naive and incompetent. Richard Reeves | top
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I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live. Godfrey Reggio | top
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It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either. Johnny Rotten | top
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Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy. John Ralston Saul | top
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I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit. Duncan Sheik | top
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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz | top
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It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later! Naomi Watts | top
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When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice. Kim Wilde | top
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I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a "mature" record means. Ian Williams | top