#innocent

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#because #cannot #feign #himself #innocence

I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today. ↗

— Ben Harper

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People have been to jail when they're innocent. I knew I would never miss a single ball on a snooker table on purpose and, until then, I was sure the evidence would support me. ↗

— John Higgins

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A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#became #completely #good #himself #his

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#girl #her #innocent #knows #maiden

I don't know what idiocies drove me in those days, but they were naive, innocent idiocies in many ways. ↗

— Laurie Lee

#drove #i #innocent #know #many

He's an innocent in a lot of ways. He's a very simple person who really doesn't have the resources or the strength, ultimately, to handle the situation. ↗

— Jared Leto

#innocent #lot #person #really #resources

To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who won the beachhead and then made the breakthrough. There are few such men in Paris. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#american #any #aware #belong #breakthrough

I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity. ↗

— John Lone

#art #grew #i #identity #innocent