ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NAIVE
From French, feminine of naïf, from Old French naif native, spontaneous, from Latin nātīvusnative, from nasci to be born.
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10 QUOTES WITH «NAIVE»
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When I first started acting in movies - as probably a lot of naive young actors do - I made a list of directors that I wanted to work with and sent it to my agent at the time.
Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.
I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.
That taught me one lesson which is that you're naive to believe that bands can change the world. Bands are very naive to think that just if their audience thinks that they can change the world, that they can. That was quite a lesson for my career, really.
It would be naive to imagine we have solved all our income security problems simply because the roles of the federal and provincial governments in the area of skills training have been clarified.
I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.
You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a little better than they were.
Maybe it's naive to say, but it almost seems like, in the past, people tried to sell you something you would actually need, like a hammer or a broom or a toothbrush. But now there's this notion that they can sell you anything. And all they have to do is convince you that you need it.
I'm no genius, and others can outwork me. What I do is ask the naive, honest questions, and then I'm not satisfied until I get the answers.
I didn't actually realise what apartheid meant. I'm probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NAIVE»
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The reader should derive from this volume a maximum of understanding of the theorems of set theory and of their basic importance in the study of mathematics." --PHILOSOPHY AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH
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The
Naive and the Sentimental Novelist: Understanding What ...
Anyone who has known the pleasure of becoming immersed in a novel will enjoy, and learn from, this perceptive book by one of the modern masters of the art.
To compensate for the limitations of the naive approach, end of chapter discussions introduce important results beyond those proved in the book, as part of an informal sketch of Lie theory and its history.
Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25-year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother's New York apartment.
Until the end of the 19th century Naïve Art, created by untrained artists and characterised by spontaneity and simplicity, enjoyed little recognition from professional artists and art critics.
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Young Children's
Naive Thinking about the Biological World
Presents research on the topic of young children's naive biology, exam ining such theoretical issues as processes, conditions and mechanisms in conceptual development using the development of biological understa nding as the target case.
Kayoko Inagaki, Giyoo Hatano, 2002
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Going Native Or Going
Naive?: White Shamanism and the ...
Going Native or Going Naive? is a critical analysis of an esoteric-Indian movement, called white shamanism.
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Naive Semantics for Natural Language Understanding
This book introduces a theory, Naive Semantics (NS), a theory of the knowledge underlying natural language understanding.
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American
Naive Paintings
One of a series of systematic catalogues of the National Gallery of Art's collection, this comprehensive volume discusses in detail 310 objects that comprise one of the world's outstanding repositories of American naive paintings.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Deborah Chotner, 1992
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Naïve: Modernism and Folklore in Contemporary Graphic Design
Naive documents this extraordinary renaissance of Classic Modernism, from the 1940s to 1960s, in contemporary graphic design." -- cover. "The naive is a childlikeness, where it is no longer expected.
Robert Klanten, Hendrik Hellige, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NAIVE»
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Naive and out of touch? Leading evangelical bishop slates Pope's …
A leading evangelical Church of England bishop and a Labour member of the House of Lords have criticised the Pope's encyclical on the ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
WJC head says German minister 'naive' on Iran
He adds that Gabriel's offer to serve as a bridge builder between Tehran and Jerusalem is naïve and says that “it would have been much better ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
Dr Christian Jessen: I was 'naive' and 'stupid' to give drugs advice on …
The television doctor and star of Embarrassing Bodies has spoken to PinkNews, saying he is not a regular drug user and that he was “naive” ... «PinkNews, Jul 15»
Coronation Street's Lucy Fallon says Bethany Platt is 'too naive' for …
Coronation Street's Lucy Fallon says Bethany Platt is 'too naive' for Callum ... herself into because she's young and naive and not too clever!”. «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
Carew admits Sligo were naive against Mayo
Sligo manager Niall Carew admitted that his team were naive against Mayo after they slumped to a 6-25 to 2-11 defeat in the Connacht football ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
Time for the naive to wake up to symbolism of Confederate flag
Celebrities can lift us up... Posted date July 19, 2015 - 10:19pm. Time for the naive to wake up to symbolism of Confederate flag. Steven Kalas. is a behavioral ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
NAIVE OR HYPOCRITAL, KENG LIANG? Gerakan Youth chief …
Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang took to social media today to urge people not to defend the thief in last weekend's incident at Low Yat ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
MUA was naive
The MUA was naive to seek justice from the Fair Work Commission regarding the crew of the Alexander Spirit replacement by foreign workers ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
Cardiff memory fades for 'naive' England
But aiding Australia's cause by playing naive shots from both the pitch and the match situation's point of view, is never likely to end well and ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»
Police detective: 'A lot of us are naive' about drug abuse
“It is right here and all around us and a lot of us are naïve about it,” Garrigan said. “A lot of the downfall is the crime that comes up around it.”. «Portage Daily Register, Jul 15»
