To feel that literature has any politically redemptive power at all just seems increasingly naive.
Once you realize that there are no geniuses out there, you can think, "I can do that". One reason I've succeeded is that I have that naïve sense of entitlement.
It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.
All I ask is that you not be naive about how the government works when it decides to go after its prey.
The idea of reasoning with terrorists without force or with appeasement is naive, and I think it's dangerous.
Truthfully, and I don't mean to sound naive, but I don't know that much about the film business.
This is a cutthroat business full of greedy individuals who take advantage of naive young artists.
You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.
I just thought you only need to like a person to marry him, which's quite naive.
It's more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I'm naive, where I'm a novice.
You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.
The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naïve.
The thing that breaks my heart about [Dennis Wilson] is that he was very naïve from the beginning to the end.
Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naive or insane.
I was young and naive. I didn't have the advice I have now and made mistakes. I didn't understand it was about attitude as well as ability.
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.
I'm really into very 'naive craft,' like Second World War playing cards.
It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise.
When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice.
You would be naive to suggest that politics isn't complicated or isn't a game, but you don't create change through cynicism.
But suppose we are nothing more than the sum of our first, naive, random behaviors. What then?
The candid camera is the greatest liar in the photographic family.... It is anarchic, naïve, and superficial.
When I did the sitcom I was too naive. I thought, Well, they know what they're talking about, let's do that.
The naive was only a part of my fairy tales; humour was the real salt in them.
There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
It would be naive to say that you could make a movie on film for the same price you can digitally.
With the first record (2008’s Ladyhawke) I was quite naive, but very excited and happy.
Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.
It was so naive to think that there was nothing interesting that happened after 55. Come on, there's a whole second adulthood!
I'm interested in light. It's a very direct, pragmatic, American, rather naive approach.
I was a very naive young man, and I may still be ignorant about a lot of things.
I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people.
My mum and dad are quite hippyish, so I'm pretty naive. I take everyone at face value.
A lot of the things I was doing on the first couple Washed Out releases was very naive.
I'm not being naive; I realise there's no such thing as a pure reading. But I'd rather keep myself as far out of it as I can.
Maybe I was naive, but I thought the whole point of being an MP was to scrutinise legislation and improve it.
I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit.
The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor.
A woman must be a cute, cuddly, naive little thing - tender, sweet, and stupid.
In my high-minded and naive way, I believed the only books worth reading were the classics.
When I went to Detroit, I was very naïve, actually, and I think Patti [Smith] picked up on that quite quickly.
It's not fair!" (Ryssa) Because life was ever about fairness. Oh, to be as naive as his sister.
Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
I have never known so much naive conviction allied to greater intellectual poverty.
Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
I've got a lot of experience under my belt, but I still have a very naive and idealistic outlook on life.
I think a lot of people on both sides have extremely naive views of what government is capable of.
Be not the one who debunks but the one who assembles, not the one who lifts the rugs from under the feet of the naive believers but the one who offers arenas in which to gather.
We were kind of young and a little naive when we first started out in the business.
I was pretty naive about how hard it would be to get out from under the family name. Not that I'm complaining.
If it were up to me, I wouldn't have security. But Hef thinks I'm naive. He feels I'm vulnerable to kidnapping.
I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit
I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live.
It's crucial we know the facts and science, but it's naïve to rely on them alone to build a movement for change.
After Wakefield Poole's films, mine are unnecessary and a bit naive, don't you think?
It would be preposterously naive to suggest that a B.A. can be made as attractive to girls as a marriage license.
Children live in the same world we do. To kid ourselves that we can shelter them from it isn't just naive it's a vanity.
Politics is not a game for naive thinkers. You may go in as an idealist, but you certainly won't come out as one.
I was never told a thing about sex. So I was very naive, as were my friends as well. But I - me so especially.
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