Kylie Minogue

When I started, there was something almost romantic about the notion of paparazzi. I mean, it wasn't. They were still chasing you down the road. But that guy had to put film in his camera and work out whether it was worth pressing the button to take the shot, otherwise he's got to stop and change the film. So it was like this age of innocence.

Australian Musician

Philip Kerr

I prefer to write books for children instead of reading them. But I do strongly believe in childhood and in respecting childhood innocence. I don't like books for children that deal with adult themes.

British Author

Gareth Southgate

My kids don't think, for one minute, about where people are born, what language they speak, what colour they are. There's an innocence about young people that is only influenced by older people.

English Athlete

Jewel

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

American Musician

Sean Penn

We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.

American Actor

Robert Kardashian

I truly believe in O.J.'s innocence, and unless they find him guilty, I will continue to support him.

American Businessman

Jane Lynch

I do feel that softness for the vulnerability and the innocence in our world, including my own.

American Actress

Lyman Abbott

Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

American Author

Eartha Kitt

Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

French Writer

Often used when someone is accused of a wrongdoing and wants to show they're not at fault.

Legal Context

Claiming innocence doesn't always mean a court will find someone not guilty.

Not Always Acquittal

In many systems, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Presumed Innocence

Used to describe someone's pure character, free from moral wrongdoing.

Moral Purity

While often associated with children, adults can also be described as having innocence.

Not Just Children

In some cultures, innocence is highly valued and considered an ideal state of being.

Cultural Ideal

Relates to viewing the world without cynicism or suspicion.

Innocent Outlook

This type of innocence is fragile and can be disrupted by harsh truths.

Easily Broken

Sometimes refers to a harmless mistake made without ill intent.

Innocent Mistake

 not only did I reconnect with some of the innocence that I had lost at 14 years old, but it also began to challenge the very important things that drew me to the movement to begin identity, community and purpose -- things that I had been struggling with as a young boy.

My descent into...

 what if the exceptions were talking about the innocence and the methods and the Zappos and the IBM's what if they became the norm what would that look like and what would that feel like so look around this room here 3 billion people are involved in the world of

The era of higher ideals...

 their moral innocence stands in stark contrast to the depravity of those around them, even as their fates grow increasingly intertwined. This bleak portrait of Russian society reflects the author’s own complex life experiences and evolving ideas.

Why should you read...

 Among these negative confessions, or declarations of innocence, he proclaims that he has not made anyone cry, is not an eavesdropper, and has not polluted the water. But did Ani really live such a perfect life?

The Egyptian Book of the...

 was no longer a virgin. That was the beginning of the end. The accused protested her innocence, but it wasn't enough. She was tried and found guilty. That Vestal's death was meant to protect the city,

Who were the Vestal...

 and fantastic importance and your complete unimportance in the larger context of the universe. A you that returns back to the original innocence of humanity, which loves from the purity of heart,

Thoughts on humanity,...

 with the family of Marquesas monarchs was how we lose a certain innocence in animals and curiosity when we go into their homes and destroy them. There are so few places left in the world

Life-changing encounter...

 but to give me the dream of driving. And on my seventeenth birthday, I accompanied my little sister in complete innocence, as I always had all my life -- my visually impaired sister --

Caroline Casey: Looking...

 Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

"The Second Coming" by...

 is no ordinary calf hopelessly outmatched to the courage of innocence he's not going down without a fight and the inexperienced wolf flails

Innocence

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Presumed Innocence

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