A figurative pat on the head is worthless if youthful naivete is allowed to grow and flourish in a delusive psyche. |
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Maybe they're guilty of collective naivete, but I've grown fond of American optimism. |
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My naivete was shaken some years ago, much before the fear and insecurity that stalks our streets today. |
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It was a mindless and moronic act of political naivete and crass immaturity. |
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Stories and novels written by children in all times have for the most part borne the stamp of naivete and childish immaturity. |
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The naivete, hateful ignorance and misguided arguments of his article were appalling to say the least. |
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But, while his play attacks residual imperialism and liberal naivete, it fictionalises a story that cries out for more direct factual treatment. |
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At least the teens have their youthful naivete as an excuse for auditioning. |
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Bad management, business naivete, and outright trickery resulted in years of legal tussles and lost revenue. |
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Aren't those who shake their heads at our foolishness and naivete more deserving of the label? |
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Here, the mise-en-scene becomes almost televisual, with a flat, unidimensional naivete and bloodless characters. |
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We in our naivete and I will even say stupidity have allowed that to go on without even trying to get into the ballpark. |
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He never lost his simplicity of character, his rural accent and dress, his social naivete, or his unquestioning deference to authority. |
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The naivete of this approach is matched only by the perfidiousness of its execution. |
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My questions only reflect your self-doubt and my naivete is only the veil of your own naivety. |
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As a marriage partner, one is challenged, on the one hand, with being a wet blanket to great visions, and, on the other hand, with having a Pollyanna naivete. |
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Their relationship is given just enough depth by the complexities of his character and his mysterious past, which is a thankful foil to her sweet naivete at times. |
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A whole series of theories come to your mind when, out of naivete, you try to define the past. |
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Yet they were sung with a kind of naivete and unconsciousness. |
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The program began to teeter under the weight of its own outsized expectations, questionable staffing decisions, and naivete. |
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They offered me their image, without any apprehension, with pride or naivete, and devoid of the ancestral fear of losing their identity. |
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Our naivete would soon force me to make a decision that would tip the balance of the campaign. |
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Mdala's intense loyalty and sense of gratitude sometimes bordered on naivete. |
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At times the optimism bordered on naivete, suggesting possible conflicts down the road. |
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Although it may simplify matters to the point of naivete and vulgarization, such windowshopping may also tell us roughly what is on the market. |
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His new offerings skillfully used naivete as a primary color. |
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Popular for their charm and seeming naivete, his paintings have a Rococo sense of the intimate and manifest the interest in social observation characteristic of the Enlightenment. |
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There is idealism but no naivete in that club: FC United of Manchester. |
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Call it pride, stubbornness or maybe naivete, but men especially tend to keep at it until the job is finished — or, too often, until disaster strikes. |
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Anybody who thinks that Europe can make progress on the basis of a few top people while the majority remains digitally illiterate is guilty, ladies and gentlemen, of complete naivete or a lack of intellectual honesty. |
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Maybe had he been sensitive to my naivete. |
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I was hanging out in Washington Square Park when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, a thuggish looking squirrel jumped me and took my jacket, my wallet, and some might say my naivete. |
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Their struggle with each other is that of their opposing traits: sophistication and naivete, moderation and hedonism, circumspection and carelessness. |
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Delevingne is a puckish, cynical foil to Wolff's naivete, and Abrams and Smith banter effectively as the comic relief. |
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With the driest naivete he takes the modern shopkeeper, especially the English shopkeeper, as the normal man. |
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In our naivete, we sometimes go rushing in where angels fear to tread. |
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Delevingne is a puckish, cynical foil to Wolff 's naivete, and Abrams and Smith banter effectively as the comic relief. |
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They both managed to maintain a naivete that was endearing and didn't decline into schmaltziness, while staying this side of overtly steamy. |
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There's a lot of simpleheartedness and naivete about you still. |
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I was miffed at Rick for his behavior. I was miffed at the coach, not for his naivete of deafness, but for his arrogance, which converted his ignorance to stupidity. |
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Social-planning gadflies of that time demanded that we architects learn open-mindedly from what exists and lambasted us on the naivete of our early-modern social principles. |
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In addition, La Tour creates psychological tension by arranging his thieves in a tightly composed triangle, further emphasizing the cluelessness and naivete of the youth. |
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It will also involve, as Americans, giving up a sort of narcotizing naivete about our political and economic systems, how they work, and the outcomes they generate. |
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This is just a small sampling of the outlandish family shenanigans, as seen through the eyes of Alice, who is an engaging combination of naivete and cynicism. |
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Naivete is so unbecoming, especially in the jaded entertainment industry. |
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