Sentences with phrase «such innocence»

Never such innocence again.
Jon's brutal murder killed such innocence.
In those circumstances where divorce is right, so is the remarriage of the «innocent» party, if such innocence can be determined.
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«As with every person in such circumstances the cleric's innocence is presumed until the contrary is proven and he retains the right to his good name.»
If secular legal processes are deeply concerned with human dignity and the presumption of innocence, how much more carefully should such processes be employed in the Church of Christ?
Most Americans get from these sources a picture of American innocence, such that the deep hatred we inspire in many places, and the suspicion of our motives widely entertained elsewhere, are hardly understood.
When we hear tales of modern saints such as Mother Teresa or of the suffering and martyrdom of those behind the iron curtain,, we look at the trinkets we have gathered to measure our success and in wistful remorse almost wish that we could relinquish them all and recover our innocence.
Upon careful analysis, at least ten such points become apparent: (1) Blake alone among Christian artists has created a whole mythology; (2) he was the first to discover the final loss of paradise, the first to acknowledge that innocence has been wholly swallowed up by experience; (3) no other Christian artist or seer has so fully directed his vision to history and experience; (4) to this day his is the only Christian vision that has openly or consistently accepted a totally fallen time and space as the paradoxical presence of eternity; (5) he stands alone among Christian artists in identifying the actual passion of sex as the most immediate epiphany of either a demonic or a redemptive «Energy,» just as he is the only Christian visionary who has envisioned the universal role of the female as both a redemptive and a destructive power; (6) his is the only Christian vision of the total kenotic movement of God or the Godhead; (7) he was the first Christian «atheist,» the first to unveil God as Satan; (8) he is the most Christocentric of Christian seers and artists; (9) only Blake has created a Christian vision of the full identity of Jesus with the individual human being (the «minute particular»); and (10) as the sole creator of a post-biblical Christian apocalypse, he has given Christendom its only vision of a total cosmic reversal of history.
But no one thought that such «sexual exposure» would harm a tender child's innocence.
The minimum of despair is a state which (as one might humanly be tempted to express it) by reason of a sort of innocence does not even know that there is such a thing as despair.
Morality plays, based on scriptural themes and dramatized for the illiterate masses of the Middle Ages the struggle of good with evil, embodied in the various characters virtues such as innocence, beauty, kindness, and patriotism in their triumph over vices such as sloth, ugliness, gluttony, lying, and cheating.
«There is no such thing as a plea of innocence in my court.
Were Adam and Eve, in their state of original innocence, so in tune with the world around them that they would have had premonitions of all such impending disasters and — much like the reported animal behaviour prior to the impact of the Tsunami — simply run to the hills?
So angry that our beautiful girls have been abducted, stolen, from their lives and their innocence by such unspeakable evil.
In short it was demonstrated, in such a manner that all could see, that Western civilization lacked the security which we, in our innocence, had attributed to it.
We no longer wrestle with whether it is the beauty or the innocence of Snow White that is such a great threat to the wicked queen.
In many cases it [impeachment] will connect itself with the pre-existing factions... and in such cases there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt.
But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, «whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,» and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.»
I've seen at least two videos where police seem to go straight into arrest mode in such a way that the arrestee, however politely he stated his innocence and alibis and knowledge / adherence to his rights, was slowly set upon, manhandled and cuffed (and worse).
«Such acts leave families broken, lives scarred and innocence destroyed, my thoughts and prayers are with the families at this traumatic time.»
«Besides being afraid of the regular things — injury, illness, and such — I am also sad that his innocence will inevitably be eroded over time, and that he will inevitably experience all the various pains involved in growing into an adult.»
I always «layer» (add tights or leggings) things that strike me as far too grown up for such a young age, because despite the innocence and lack of sexuality to a child that age, it is impossible to know how other people (at the mall, at the playground, wherever) are looking at them.
She is a role model for everyone she meets with such a kind heart and innocence.
Such sanctions would not violate due process and presumption of innocence principles, if the reasons for the sanctions are communicated to those that may be affected.
Announcing the roll - out of such measures in 2013, David Cameron argued, «this is, quite simply, about how we protect our children and their innocence».
Are they comfortable with such an egregious overturning of the presumption of innocence even when no formal allegations have been made against an officer?
«Britain has a history of respect for principles such as habeas corpus and the presumption of innocence.
Removing the 2nd Amendment would require the same process as removing any of the other foundational rights, such as freedom of speech, the presumption of innocence, or trial by jury (and is about as likely to happen.)
Such information could help prosecutors place a suspect at the scene of a crime, or prove the innocence of the accused.
As such there is nothing wrong in holding a competition on the qualitative presentation of the yoga - asanas... The presentation must be very natural with innocence and humility rather than pride and arrogance.
His television resumé includes the part of Alex Haley's father in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generation and the title roles in the made - for - TV movies The Jessie Owens Story (1984) and Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987); he has also played recurring roles on such series as Glitter, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, and Viper.
There are plenty of talented components to this cast, and most every one of them has his or her time to shine, even such much too briefly present forces as episodes 1's Martin Sheen - who nails both Irish - American accent and depth of the good - hearted slaver who comes to find flaws in the traditions he has had to follow - and episode 3's Richard Jenkin, who effectively despicable in his audacious portrayal of a despicable radical racist who is as willing to die as he is to kill to preserve his questionable sense of order - and plenty of other people in between, from the compelling Dennis Haysbert to the charming Danny Glover, so you know that it's saying something to proclaim that leading lady Halle Berry is this series» strongest performance, delivering on powerful layers and emotional range in her engrossing portrayal of a mulatto who is trapped in society by her mixed race, and will face many unbearable hardships that will test her innocence and humanity.
[Diaz] can blunder into the crudest situations with such sweet innocence as to inspire giggles rather than groans.
When one such guest (an aged - up Tilda Swinton) dies and leaves Gustave a priceless painting in exchange for years of companionship, the woman's eldest son (Adrien Brody) frames him for her murder, forcing Gustave and Zero to go on the run until they can prove his innocence.
Still, there was precious little to connect Sacco and Vanzetti to the crimes for which they'd been charged, and the world was watching to see whether such unpopular characters would get a fair shake in court, given the Constitutionally - protected presumption of innocence till proven guilty.
A short list of such efforts would include Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1975), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), The Age of Innocence (1993), Kundun (1997), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), and his wonderful recent documentary My Voyage to Italy (2001).
The boisterousness of the film's finale, with its sieges and rescues, its lightning bolts and flash floods, relieves what would otherwise be an almost unbearably sad evocation of what is least preservable about youthful experience: not so much the loss of that «innocence» that is such a hackneyed motif of modern American culture (and for which summer camps have always been a favored location) but the awakening of the first radiance of mature intelligence in a world liable to be indifferent or hostile to it, an intelligence that can conceive everything and realize only the tiniest fragment of it.
by Walter Chaw British Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, as his Kazakhstani journalist alter ego Borat, tells former Georgia senator Bob Barr that the cheese Barr's just eaten was made from his wife's breast milk, and he does it in such a way as to suggest the naïf savage stereotype's unaffected innocence as it preys on the secret bigot in us all.
It isn't satisfying so much as challenging, and while it certainly won't be to everyone's liking, as it does deal with such unsavory subjects as infidelity and pedophilia, it really isn't about those things as much as it is about the innocence, freedom, and impulsive acts we all seem to lose as the days of our youth becomes more distant in our memories.
By casting such a young actor, Klimov sets up one of the basic themes of the film: the death of innocence.
Sensibly entrusting the script of the film with the book's author Emma Donoghue, the story soars throughout, avoiding falling into saccharine territory and deals with post-traumatic stress disorder, the loss of innocence and the re-awakening of one self to the wonders of the world with such delicate grace and honesty that it touches the heartstrings in the most profound ways.
Along with Finn's innocence, what's lost is an engaging yarn that didn't need such dark extremes to make its message: that rich people are people, too, and some pay a moral price to get there.
As such films as Beasts of the Southern Wild expressed and exploited, when depicting children there's a fine line between free spirit and lost soul, and it can occasionally register as simplistic to use kiddie innocence to prop up a story of genuine economic desperation.
Rather, it's a celebration of childhood, its innocence and unawareness or uncaring about such sociological inequities.
Morton's performance has the sweet innocence of such silent clowns as Harry Langdon.
The scene in Age of Innocence, with Michelle on the dock looking out at the water while Day Lewis watches her from afar is my favourite in the whole film, such gorgeous cinematography.
The premise is an invitation to inevitable sight gags and director Craig Gillespie isn't one to turn down an easy laugh, but they are all good natured and Gosling plays Lars with such wide - eyed innocence that the seamier possibilities are put to rest.
While he's behind bars bringing together a motley crew of crims, Mrs Brown (Sally Hawkins) and her family are trying to prove Paddington's innocence by rallying locals played by British comedy favourites such as Sanjeev Bhaskar and Jessica Hynes.
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