| 单词 | childish |
| 例句 | I told him to go wash his own moron face--which was a pretty childish thing to say, but I was mad as hell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “I just couldn’t understand why he would make such a childish mistake,” Collins said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That would be childish, and might get him into serious trouble. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “How childish,” she adds, shooting him a disdainful glare. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Vicious, childish acts of violence to inconvenience him, remind him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We were children, after all, children with childish concerns, even with a war on the way. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Afterwards, though, they seem improbable, childish even, like something you’d do for fun; like a girls’ club, like secrets at school. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The envelope was crumpled and stained, the letter written in pencil in a round, childish hand. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me with a blank, childish expression. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “So it was a brawl,” he said, with childish delight. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then, with what I hoped was more dignity than childish excitement, I stepped through the stone arch. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She was growing up, and was careful to avoid childish things, like sitting on a milk stool near a pigpen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z But Jethro was to experience one attack of childish fury before the transition to his new standing was fully accomplished. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z What was missing was any demonstration of ragged, childish enthusiasm. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Now he could add “dramatic” and “childish” to the list of reasons he didn’t want to hang out with her anymore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Here he was sitting at the very same table with her, just the two of them, and he couldn't think of a single thing to say that wasn't stupid or childish or childishly stupid. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The shell around that once-perfect egg that held my childish faith was more fragile than ever, and I feared she was going to say something hurtful. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I have always had a childish love of parcels. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Dussel looked very sullen, didn't speak to me for two days and made sure he occupied the table from five to five-thirty—all very childish, of course. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Her rough and childish ways were almost gone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Perhaps there was something childish about all the paladins of Arthur’s story—if being simple b the same as childishness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Man, you understand nothing! You are applying the logic of children in a display of childish ignorance.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s childish, but I don’t wanna sit this close to her right now. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As time went on his smile began to resemble the ferryman’s, was almost equally radiant, almost equally full of happiness, equally lighting up through a thousand little wrinkles, equally childish, equally senile. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Painfully childish, with its bright colors and padded stairs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Twelve’s not too old. What is childish is running around St. Nick acting like you run a detective agency. That’s as childish as dirty diapers.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I’m disgusted by the squeakiness of my voice, the childish sound of my demands. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Julian’s eyes widened with childish, theatrical surprise; not for the first time, I thought how much he was like Henry, that same strange mixture of chill and warmth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There were barbs of spite in her bright, childish voice when she asked, insincerely, “Sleep well?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The homily at Sunday mass, intended to give parishioners basic religious instruction, has often been poorly prepared and aimed at a childish listener. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a childish way to think, but I couldn't stop myself. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Mockery is childish, Beatrice,” I repeat in my best imitation of her voice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Strange how when I’m in the college cafeteria and hear the students arguing about history or politics or religion, it all seems so childish. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Yours truly” and “Sincerely” seemed stiff, while “Your friend” seemed childish. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But virtual or not, this was still high school—the more childish an insult, the more effective it was. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And it seemed so childish, I almost couldn’t believe it! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He assumed an attitude that was quite childish under the circumstances, feigning anger and imaginary resentment so that Petra Cotes would be the one who would bring about the break. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z What she had imagined before—the smooth, gently sloping path leading out—now seemed childish. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But why was he playing around with these childish names? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This is all very wild and childish, I thought, but to hell with being ashamed of what you liked. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I think it’s just childish,” Sunny went on. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We'd occasionally pass the time examining charts on tongue position or reading childish 5-laden texts recounting the adventures of seals or settlers named Sassy or Samuel. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z His small but childish handwriting straggled up and down the page, shedding first its capital letters and finally even its full stops: April 4th, 1984. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He saw people living in a childish or animal-like way, which he both loved and despised. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins have told her a great many odd things before, but this seems like more than childish fancies. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Linda stirred, woke up, stared for a few seconds bewilderedly at the Semi-finalists, then, lifting her face, sniffed once or twice at the newly perfumed air and suddenly smiled—a smile of childish ecstasy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The wackiness of the note, those crazy letters, made it seem childish and ridiculous. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their suspicions about their neighbor and their teacher suddenly seemed overwrought and childish. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The Ghost nods, as though my problems are reasonable, part of the job, but I feel childish. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But the way he said the word, I knew that at that moment he had crossed some invisible border into a different land, and he would not be returning to our childish band again. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I have often reread my early progress reports and seen the illiteracy, the childish nai'vet^, the mind of low intelligence peering from a dark room, through the keyhole, at the dazzling light outside. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z All his childish games came back to him, with himself and his father rescuing each other from avalanches or fighting pirates. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "I am a busy man, with no time to waste with childish games." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The childish question had fallen from Harry’s lips before he could stop it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the gray and steely morning light, the evening before now looked like a childish fantasy. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I know you think I’m being childish,” I say. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The fantasies that run through my mind aren't like the childish ones I had before the camps: dreams of wandering through cool, dark forests, catching fairies hidden among ferns. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He understood about Esther, during those nine days: that she considered his fear and trembling fanciful and childish, a way of making life more complicated than it need be. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z With a childish feeling of abandonment, Turner watched them until they were out of sight. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She didn’t like dolls, fairy tales were childish, and one couldn’t draw all the time. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe I ever liked this stuff” “A childish game, master,” another voice agreed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z So before long Tommy had gone back to his original defence, producing work that seemed deliberately childish, work that said he couldn’t care less. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A picture hung on the wall, a childish picture of a boat sailing on blue water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And now this lightness of heart, this spring in my step, this childish feeling that I wanted to run across the lawn, and roll down the bank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He said, “I’m sure you understand. It’s a rather childish sentiment. But he and your mother were almost inseparable. The others used to tease them and say, ‘Perez has a fiancee.’ The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Thou wert first a human child on this day; I beg Thee, now look upon us with childish compassion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Standing there in her embrace, in a weird, childish way, I didn’t want to let go. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Percy, who disapproved of what he termed their childish behavior, didn’t spend much time in the Gryffindor common room. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z His good-natured childish face beamed with satisfaction as with a last eloquent gesture, he paused and wiped his forehead with a handkerchief. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He still had just a hint of childish roundness left around his chin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Her hair was gathered into a single childish plait that fell from under the froth of tulle and organdy and lay along the length of her spine. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The old man shrugged and put on a childish smile. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The man is, in any event, by all accounts a fool: too fantastical of temperament and childish of observation to merit trust; but too trusting to merit confidence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’ve got to stop this childish worrying about myself—my past and my future. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Feather beds and quarry, Indeed; a lot of childish nonsense. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z O’Brien looked at the childish scrawl on the top of the box. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was very childish, but everybody was really enjoying themselves. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Mainly because as each of us gets better and wiser in our particular areas of expertise, we have to toss everything and start over, deeming the old material to be childish and unprofessional. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z This was silly, this was childish, this being terrified of her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I nosed out, in my childish games, every last shark-toothed chamber and hall, every black tentacle of my mother’s cave, and so came at last, adventure by adventure, to the pool of firesnakes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The weight of appreciation and the threat, which was never spoken, of a return to Momma were burdens that clogged my childish wits into impassivity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to reach David and get him to help feels both childish and impossible. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He waved them back and forth for the other masters to see, nodding his head from side to side in an absent, childish way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z These tales stimulated my childish imagination, and usually contained some moral lesson. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On January third the sun came out—and so did Shadrack with his rope, his bell and his childish dirge. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I’d know, while listening to these childish words, that a white man would smile derisively at them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Towering at least thirty-five feet in the air and topped with wicked coils of barbed wire, it makes ours back in District 12 look childish. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a children’s book. It’s meant to be childish.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z All these moribund sexagenarians had the appearance of childish girls. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gentlemen, let’s don’t be childish! This boy’s going on trial for his life. My job is to enforce the laws of this state. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet this paper was so childish and ill-advised that it would hardly be prudent to confer upon it the award. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He could no longer distinguish the different voices—the merry voice from the weeping voice, the childish voice from the manly voice. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Guys that get sore and childish as hell if you beat them at golf, or even just some stupid game like ping-pong. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z But deep down I knew these thoughts for nothing more than childish daydreams. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The childish craft was not nearly as big as the rowboats, and she would be close to the water, but at least Kendra thought she could maneuver it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, my goodness,” the young man laughed in short, merry, childish breaths that made his downy jacket quiver. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have no idea—what the devil are you—snakes and—I haven’t time for your childish—,” he sputtered. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Now he could add “dramatic” and “childish” to the list of reasons he didn’t want to hang out with her anymore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Yet there’s an enticement in this thing, it carries with it the childish allure of dressing up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he stopped, feeling childish and foolish, and glad that the girl had not seen. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The sense of freedom had departed, and the childish desire to run across the lawns in sand-shoes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z So Cade took a shower upstairs and changed into his Flat Face Pizza delivery-boy uniform, which was just a T-shirt with the childish Flat Face logo and a pair of blue jeans. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I don’t even care if that sounds childish. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then he proceeded to sing the song with childish gusto. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And I could already hear the sneers at my poor scrapings, the scorn at my childish vanity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z If I was tall, my narrow build would be described as “willowy” instead of “childish,” and he might not see me as a little sister he needs to protect. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In the light of day, almost everything we did in Kilanga seemed childish. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was too old to join in such childish games and too young not to want to. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But this wouldn’t have been a childish crime of the moment. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It sounded so childish, though I had a suspicion that some terrible sentiments were being expressed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “They probably were. Our childish naiveté saved us.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Inside, I found a cream-colored envelope—thick paper, crisp and very formal—but the handwriting was crabbed and childish as a fifth-grader’s, in pencil. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But there was nothing childish about the battle-axe slung below his shield. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His games weren’t childish anymore, and he didn’t play so openly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to realize how childish the words had sounded; Harry saw him flush in the Mark’s greenish light. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “She was right, though. It was crazy. It was unreasonable. I was being childish.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z For a moment I was strolling again, finding childish comfort in its incongruous design. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is not the time to be childish.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A childish stick figure of a dead dog, legs up. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And I, with only the thistledown of childish care upon me, would listen lightly and take up my pencil again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something childish about them when they were together, which was attractive rather than the reverse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Showing weakness in such a childish way—in the Emperor’s presence! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He tried to sound composed, ironic, like a man amused at some childish prank, but his face told a different story. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He dismissed them as “childish, vulgar, flaunting, or impertinent, out of place and discordant.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I shouted back, before jumping into the air and running down the hallway to my room in a childish manner that only brothers exhibit around each other. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She knew she was pouting, she knew it was childish, but she didn’t care. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Head down, hands over her breasts, Hannah walked through the line of soldiers, remembering how childish she’d thought the blue dress and longing for it. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a silly, childish discussion and only exposes the want of brains of those who maintain a contrary opinion to that we have stated. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For all the pain she had caused me, to see her like that, still haunted by a childish passion, made me want to put my arm around her and comfort her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In Uther Pendragon’s time there had been no law to speak of, except a childish and one-sided kind of etiquette which was reserved for the upper classes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Merlyn’s extra tuition went on just the same—for in those days even the grown-up people were so childish that they saw nothing uninteresting in being turned into owls. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And there in the doorway were Gluck and Derby and Pilgrim—the childish soldier and the poor old high school teacher and the clown in his toga and silver shoes—staring. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Only Beaudelet remained behind, tinkering at his boat and Mariequita walked away with her basket of shrimps, casting a look of childish ill-humor and reproach at Robert from the comer of her eye. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he hopes she will not die—not yet, not until he gets to the house described and mapped out for him in clear, childish pictures by True Belle. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl looked at once childish and prematurely adult. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But that same touch of the childish also gave it an air of something not quite rational, faintly threatening and mocking. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The deep hunger in those childish ideas was like a flash of lightning illuminating the whole dark inner landscape of Bigger’s mind. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was painful to hear childish voices using such names and labels. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There is a part of childhood that is childish, and a part that is sacred. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It's exhilarating and I'm tempted to ask Effie Trinket if we can ride it again, but somehow that seems childish. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In some way that I couldn’t explain, I knew that his scorn of my childish credulity was right. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z His joke had failed, Aurelia had gone over to the “enemy,” and Marcus had, for the moment, returned to his spoiled, childish self. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I could have throttled him—forcing me to take part in a childish dispute before the others. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it sounds childish, but wait till it happens to you! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Resolved not to waste further time on account of this childish affair, I contemplated departure via the french windows. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z No wonder Matt, with his childish swagger, wanted to be part of it. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A hot childish urge to cry rose in her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A few of the smaller men even go gallivanting around in little undershirts decorated with childish prints, and nobody seems to notice the joke. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Any way he tried to frame it would sound childish. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Now that I’m rereading my diary after a year and a half, I’m surprised at my childish innocence. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The roundness she remembered in his cheeks had gone, and the childish bow of his lips had become elongated and innocently cruel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My childish impulse is to wish I hadn’t opened the journal. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z "Nothing but a childish prank, you said. Some childish prank; both my children cruelly injured, almost killed. Maybe now you'll do something, now that it's too late." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra had turned down her initial offer, since it sounded childish, like coloring. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The thought of her brought to his mind the sense of her wise and childish sweetness. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “That remains to be seen. But I am going to save you, and I want you to quiet down immediately. You’re carrying on in a childish way. Stop your crying! I can’t stand hysterics.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Somehow, the adjective made the rest less childish. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “A childish display of temper! Students should be glad to work for their city. Ember will prosper if all . . . citizens ... do ... their ... best.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And then I heard my answers—childish, impossible things. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I will not tolerate childish pastimes or vapid communications with friends. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She sounds like those annoying adults who take babies by the hand and talk in gibberish, in that childish voice. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Shedding our childish ways! All for the great life as teenagers we’re about to have. When we get boyfriends, we’re going to go to Fall Ball!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z For the Romantic, this doesn’t make working-class life childish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Now her steps are smoother—more elegant, maybe, but lacking the childish joy I associate with her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Emery explodes into a fit of childish giggles. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I had not put away childish things, but neither were my understanding or my words only those of a child. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It was written in a large, childish scrawl. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some said that picketing had become “little less than criminal” and called it the most outrageous of the “foolish, childish methods you have used trying to harass our overburdened president.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Perhaps not. It seems rather childish to me.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z After he turned away, Penelope shut her eyes in the childish hope that it might render her invisible. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z They had put aside similar childish amusements too recently to be able to watch them now without a touch of contempt. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The childish painter had put a picture on the wardrobe here too, of a castle and town and a queen, wearing an impossibly tall crown, walking in the garden. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And maybe it was childish, this old urge to explore for exploring’s sake. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She’d wanted to be very grown up and logical, but she couldn't stop her voice from sounding whiny and childish. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But his throat tightens around the words and he feels childish as he says, "Go ahead. Lock it up. See if I care." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Their own efforts were so childish compared to the practiced skill of these hired men. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And many a time Siddhartha even doubted whether this knowledge, this thought, was of such great value, whether it was not also perhaps the childish self-flattery of thinkers, who were perhaps only thinking children. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z What fun it was, what mad ridiculous childish fun! Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I could see what he thought: that my faith in justice was childish, no more useful here than tires on a horse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all so stupid and childish…and cruel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z This wish, this childish wish had grown so strong within him: to find peace by destroying his body. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t have to be terribly prolific! Just so that it isn’t childish and silly.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The hunger ate away their smiles and silenced their childish laughter. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Maddie gasped at the river’s inadvertent loveliness, and all at once she found herself spilling childish tears, not just for her own besieged island, but for all of Europe. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t sleep now,” said Tallow gruffly, “the sky is clear. Your brother is sliding on the lake. Go out. Be childish.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “I regret that I cannot indulge your childish whims, but I refuse to pity you in the manner to which you are well accustomed.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z These are not childish games we are playing here. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z From the character and turn of the inscription, “Also Georgiana Wife of the Above,” I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I never cared for his childish games,” Mary Anne replied. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Might a civilization composed of essentially immortal beings consider interstellar exploration fundamentally childish? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “He who throws away his power is filled sometimes with a far greater power,” she said, smiling, as if his fears and scruples were childish ones. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “I really do want change,” he said, using the innocent childish voice that had served him well coundess times before. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She was supposed to be an adult, when childish indulgences were supposed to be set aside, not dived into headfirst. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I could not forget that only the week before I had been touched by her childish griefs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The childish voice slowly gained strength and clarity till it reached every comer of the room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Phoebe had said, ‘The games are a little childish sometimes, which is why my parents don’t usually participate.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z If he was tired of her and her childish company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I had nothing to read but The Bobbsey Twins in Eskimo Land, a childish book with nothing whatsoever to hold my interest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My ponytail was absolutely childish, so I tried an upsweep, a swatch over the eye like Gloria Swanson, and a pouf like Elizabeth Taylor. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I had thought I was going to die if my uncle didn’t buy it for me, and now, climbing onto it, it suddenly seemed silly and childish to me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Her crayon drawings of New Orleans looked so childish. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was only possible to keep so many kids in line because they were not actually kids—because there was some older nature inside them, warring against and balancing their childish impulses. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The childish cry comes, and I spring to my feet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I wanted to say how sorry I felt, but it seemed childish. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Do not be childish! You cannot just go about talking. Chain letters indeed! Knows and don’t-knows!’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “What childish dream is this?” said Voldemort, but still he did not strike, and his red eyes did not waver from Harry’s. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I know he’s just trying to make me feel childish when he knows perfectly well why I shouldn’t be there, but even though I am aware of what he’s doing, it works. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Shan said, with a childish delight, as she took a glass from Blaine. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’d like a drink of water,” I said, then gave a sheepish grin at how childish it sounded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As he examines my cuts, I think of a dozen questions I could ask him, none of which will make him think that I’m strong and capable instead of childish and petty. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was childish, I know, but I got very excited when she told me that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You did this! Your childish anger, your tantrums, your incessant”—he lunged forward again, but I was ready for it—“need for attention. You brat! You spoiled brat!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Over the summer, she’d decided that riding our bikes was childish. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He knew Isannah’s childish squeals were nothing compared to the serious charge Mr. Lyte had brought against him, but the squeals had just about broken his heart. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have seemed so to Lady Constance as well, because her childish protests abruptly gave way to a different strategy. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z A futile gesture, even childish, but she was determined to hold it as long as she could. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Of course, it was not only childish defiance and her recent very unexpected and hard won self-confidence which led her to this demand. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Apothecary jars labeled in childish block letters are filled with pungent spices. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And you chose to get back at me in the most childish of ways. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I knew revenge was nothing more than a childish fantasy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’d not only been childish, but foolish too.l stood there feeling more like a donut hole than all the times I’d been called one. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A gust of childish laughter drifted through the dpen doors behind him, and her uncle glanced darkly over his shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In her critique XoXo, Book Worm_98 described surprise at enjoying a novel she initially considered 'too childish'. Reader reviews roundup 2013-07-08T14:00:00Z They often seemed childish because they were peopled with animals, usually tortoises or hares. ‘I Read Morning, Night and in Between’: How One Novelist Came to Love Books 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z But when sci-fi crossed over to film with blockbusters, profanity was key to dispelling its childish image – and making a crazy premise relatable. Bleep me up Scotty: why is sci-fi suddenly so sweary? 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The 13 miniatures of Schumann's Kinderszenen were the programme's highlight, dispatched with childish seriousness and with an artlessness as deceptive as the composer's. Murray Perahia ? review 2011-04-03T21:45:01Z But Hollywood is grownup as well as childish; its movies mix up both uses of the double. Post-apocalypse cinema: abandoned Earths and disturbing doppelgangers 2013-06-12T13:17:52Z I’m open and friendly and a little childish. Alex Brightman Rides a ‘School of Rock’ Wave 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z IN Ashton Kutcher as a childish Internet billionaire who buys the house formerly owned by Mr. Sheen’s character. Critic?s Notebook: For ?CSI,? ?House? ?Law &Order: SVU,? Risky Transitions 2011-10-19T22:25:53Z He goes on to call Trump’s tweets “angry” and “childish” and a waste of time when he should be focusing on more important national issues. Michael Moore: Trump's ignorance will 'get a lot of innocent people killed' 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z He wasn't childish but child-like and he had a tremendous love of the universe and astronomy and scientists. Thunderbirds guru Anderson dies 2012-12-27T09:57:48Z Connolly is incorrigibly childish, in other words – and more like a toddler than an adolescent. Comedy gold: Billy Connolly's Billy and Albert 2012-05-17T14:32:23Z Distance was never going to be a concern, however, and the trepidation as we pulled up outside your foster parents’ house was too much for my childish state. A letter to … my little adopted brother, who has autism 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z "We felt like we were doing that to each other - this childish egging each other on. The whole chemistry was just fun." Royal Blood rewrite the rules of rock 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z To draw, he guided his right hand slowly across a page with his left, producing rudimentary, even childish, comic-book-like images. John Callahan, Cartoonist, Dies at 59 2010-07-28T04:18:00Z It was subconsciously childish, but I really took it to heart. The Weitz Brothers Help Each Other Through Hollywood Hits and Misses 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z He’s also pathologically childish, sneaking off to make crank calls with Hunter. The Do-Deca-Pentathlon: Arm-Wrestling and Ping-Ponging Toward Maturity 2012-07-05T15:00:57Z Romantic unions are famously unreliable, but that doesn’t stop us maintaining a childish innocence about the potential for disappointment. My husband has left me and our kids to start a relationship with my best friend 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The important element is where the jokes are coming from – a good place or a nasty one; a creative, original, questioning mind, or a childish, lazy, simple one. Is Frankie Boyle actually funny? 2010-12-19T00:06:27Z The comedy, which featured Pegg, Frost and Stevenson as flatmates, was surreal, childish and very funny. Losers in love 2011-02-05T00:03:33Z This, too, may be incorrectly seen as childish. Double-plus effective 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z By taking various precautions — part childish desire to protect their cool little club, part survival response to actual danger — the group believes itself impervious to outside forces. ‘The Antelope Party’ Review: Friendship Is Magic, With Exceptions 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Without the nest, the two of them become increasingly deceptive and childish. Novels of White Status Anxiety 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The fantasy of innocence was both childish and deadly. ‘Begin Again’ Calls on James Baldwin to Make Sense of Today 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z She is still preening, tucking her shoulder-length hair behind her ears, a childish tick she has never quite abandoned. Marianne Faithfull, as Years Go By 2011-12-23T21:47:23Z Their bedrooms tend be absurdly childish — awash in pink and stuffed animals — or as impersonal as a motel chain. Tube Tops and Teddy Bears 2010-04-23T15:37:00Z This all sounds childish, I know, and I really don’t care what anyone else does in their personal life. My friend is out of control 2013-01-14T01:00:00Z When he finally breaks free of his chains and bellows, “I am Hercules,” the audience responds with just the right degree of childish glee. Review: ‘Hercules’ is schlocky but entertaining 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Andie is plain and beautiful, confident and insecure, wise and foolish, happy and furious, mature and childish, lustful and fearful. Why I'd like to be ... Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z And it’s safe to say that Abe, this childish, abusive, arrogant, 35-year-old guy who still lives with his parents, is no exception. Todd Solondz: I’m Judd Apatow’s dark side 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z They are a childish indulgence, cute and frivolous, for a woman not expected to grow up. A Doll's House – review 2013-04-22T17:07:50Z Mr. D’Souza dismissed Mr. Chapman as “a wounded theist,” in childish rebellion against the mean Sunday school teachers of the world. ArtsBeat Blog: Have a Little Faith? At NYU, The Debate Rages On 2011-11-16T20:55:51Z I refused to support anyone who thought this was clever rather than childish. Tom Stoppard: 'I'm the crank in the bus queue' 2010-04-14T20:30:00Z In contrast to the elaborate cocktails and curious craft beers that were suddenly everywhere, the sweet, fizzy, lightly alcoholic stuff I’d been drinking seemed unsophisticated, even childish. Sips From a Cider Spree in New York State 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z His spite is not just lack of consideration for others, but a sort of childish vengeance. A Bright Moon for Fools by Jasper Gibson – review 2013-07-05T09:01:01Z The Sermon on the Mount is a very nice piece about being good, but most of the Bible is a very revengeful, childish, brutal God. Stellan Skarsgård: Nobody should think they have God on their side 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Winter is the smell of freshly cut ivy or yew and the childish excitement of finding that first, crisp layer of fine ice on a puddle. Nigel Slater: ‘I love the crackle of winter’ 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z Because we are inundated with childish stories, we interpret reality in childish ways. Outgrowing the cosmetic left: A liberal plea for fake liberalism to grow up 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z “You do feel a little childish,” confirmed Willis, pausing to contemplate what it meant to be a 32-year-old man wheeling around a great metropolitan center on this glorified skateboard. The invasion of the scooter bros: A new tribe whizzes past the haters on Washington sidewalks. 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Having managed to leave school with most of my childish worries fairly dormant, I was knocked off my feet one day at university, when, out of the blue, I had a terrible panic attack. How running cured my anxiety – and a broken heart 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Those frivolous days are behind me, very childish. Clooney, Cumberbatch honored at BAFTA Britannia awards 2013-11-10T10:51:26Z “It looks like a five-hanky movie, with childish dialogue,” he writes to a friend, “and the action bears no resemblance to the real thing.” Music Review: ?Heart of a Soldier? at San Francisco Opera - Review 2011-09-11T17:17:57Z Points are made about honor and respect, as well as the childish nature and fragile egos of these two men. Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman": De Niro, Pacino and Pesci shine in this intimate gangster epic 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z A kid version of Forte’s character was played by recent Oscar-night standout Jacob Tremblay, urging his brother to survive the plunge back to earth using a potty mouth and childish insults. Last Night's Last Man on Earth Was a Truly Great Sitcom Episode 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z When Jen reflects on a memory, the drawings are rendered on a notepad as a girl’s more childish cartoons. A Comics-Obsessed Cinderella Down on the Farm 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z It’s meant to be silly and childish and a little bit profound. Perspective | Too much Bernstein leaves a critic fed up with his music 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z I find a lot of it is extremely childish. Shaun Ryder: 'Peppa Pig World was really good. We went on the teacup ride' 2012-07-26T11:39:24Z You may overcome your childish revulsion at the bitterness of espresso when you discover the wonderful after-effects, how it wakes up your whole body and infuses you with a desire for work. Bee Wilson | No diet, no detox: how to relearn the art of eating 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z It’s a childish move, but in keeping with the infantilism that still shapes the brothers’ uneasy relationship and their awkwardness with outsiders, particularly women. ‘The Power of the Dog’ Review: Wild Hearts on a Closed Frontier 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Sunny Hostin calls Smith "immature, childish and violent," noting that he also failed to publicly apologize to Rock in his acceptance speech. "The View" hosts side with Chris Rock after on-air Oscars slap: "Comedians are in danger everywhere" 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z I can’t remember which 19th-century English thinker wrote that talking about “national character” is a childish pursuit, but I’m sure he was right. A Book Full of Reasons to Love Paris 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The film quickly became a hit, furthering Reubens’ odd character sketch as a man with a childish inquisitiveness and propensity for falling into silly situations. Here's Are New Set Photos From 'Pee-Wee's Big Adventure' 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Despite the childish thin, sparkly headband she wore with it, this was possibly the best Hollywood moment for the house since Uma Thurman emerged in pale lilac almost 20 years ago. Fashion Review: Trembling Jeweled Hands on a (Dry) Red Carpet 2014-03-03T03:55:52Z The ethics of pleasure-seeking were not the same as childish desire, and stemmed not from godly devotion and sanctity, but rather from a capacity to choose that which secured one’s sanity. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z My chest swells with childish pride, but it doesn’t last. On the Mediterranean coast, Argeles-sur-Mer is France’s ‘capital of camping’ 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z One reader wrote that the review was “appalling,” “heartbreaking,” “childish, “hurtful” and “incompetent.” Critic?s Notebook: Judging The Bodies In Ballet 2010-12-04T00:15:00Z See how the auteurs smirk and keep their distance from 3-D, even as they sell it on the screen: “There’s something childish about” it, Noé told reporters in Cannes. The Misunderstanding of 3-D 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z It is the kind of childish selfishness most people grow out of when they realize their actions can hurt other people. The heart of Schwartzness: The roots of the "Vanderpump Rules" Scandoval implosion run deep 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Bird noticed Bean’s “childish glee” upon seeing the new flint strike sparks, and the flash in the pan when Bird instructed him how to fire it. Killing Queen Victoria 2012-07-22T18:00:00Z The president couldn’t be here tonight because he’s hard at work in the Oval Office — there are a lot of Democratic candidates who need childish nicknames. Style Invitational Week 1329: Shakespeare + Thee: A tailgater contest 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Cast aside your childish “Alice in Wonderland” connotations; these headbands are about making a statement. We Can’t Stop Thinking About Amanda Gorman’s Headband 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Should I tolerate his behavior or keep extracting my childish revenge? Social Q’s: The Venting Process 2014-05-08T22:13:35Z “I think that is a naïve, almost childish point of view.” Coloring History’s Gray Areas, With Strong Moral Outrage 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z But then, as has already been pointed out by one Reading Grouper, childish doesn't necessarily mean bad – or even bad for adults – when it comes to books. Reading group: have you fallen under Alan Garner's spell? 2012-08-08T15:34:48Z All this is rendered in a single, small-scale but powerful act of childish rebellion at the film's end. Lore: Cate Shortland's latest isn't your standard second world war movie 2013-02-18T16:00:00Z Ordering your meat "well-done" is childish, limiting and you deserve better. You deserve better than a well-done steak 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z As an actor, Song radiates the character’s childish intensity. Review | Constellation’s ‘Children of Medea’ spins a dreamscape family portrait 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z "I think it's pretty childish, to be honest," said the sweet-faced Ellie, after a group of men stood round her, sniggering about anal probes. TV review: Undercover Boss; True Stories ? Voices From the Killing Field 2011-07-05T23:10:01Z How do I encourage her to stay up front and help without resorting to childish name-calling? @Work Advice: When the job feels like high school 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Those children, with their childish parents, may have reason to think Ms. Kirkwood’s title is double-edged. Review: In ‘The Children,’ the Waters Rise and a Reckoning Comes Due 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z That’s why stories like the story of Cecil the Lion are so upsetting–they reveal that sometimes people are just plain evil, for the petty, childish fun of being evil. The easy morality of Cecil the Lion: Our problem isn’t too much outrage — it’s that we can’t summon enough 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z When Amber complains that it’s childish, her mother tells her, “I make my executives say it.” Television Review: In ‘Crisis,’ on NBC, Children of Rich and Powerful Are Taken 2014-03-14T22:12:34Z But, we will learn, money woes, communication breakdowns and childish behavior also played into the Kyle-Amber downturn. 'The Worst Year of My Life' is a dispiriting romantic dramedy 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Tim and I, slowly getting used to being freed from child care, did childish things. A Jamaica Trip With the Ultimate Travel Amenity: A Nanny 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z That’s politics, and it’s childish to demand to know elected officials’ inner lives and to really demand that they’re sincere in what they say. What binds Palin and Stewart? 2012-07-23T01:00:00Z But he eventually puts away his childish things and meets responsibilities old and new. ‘Boyhood’ a coming-of-age movie like no other 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z “I hate telling people that, it sounds so childish,” she says, but she worries that further direct action campaigns could land her with a criminal record. BirthStrikers: meet the women who refuse to have children until climate change ends 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z We are cruel and kind, practical and impractical, mature and childish, honest and dishonest, all at the same time. Your guide to Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" 2011-07-02T16:54:00Z But this is not a childish tic of the beginner. Have you heard the one about rape? It's funny now 2012-08-17T18:15:01Z When the organisation initially failed to respond the documentary, makers resorted to “tabloid” tactics and “childish shenanigans”, he claimed. Subject of Scientology film: Louis Theroux used 'morally bankrupt tactics' 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Their dialogue is a gobbledegook of science, philosophy, art, sex and the scatological, variously delivered in the cadence of serious drama, childish singsong or hysterical jabbering. Artist of the week 2010-08-04T16:33:00Z And then, just like that, Gevinson decided to leave these childish things behind. Tavi Gevinson: A Power Teen's New Direction 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z When I threw it out to make room for less childish things, I didn’t expect how furious she would get with me. The Last Act for the Ringling Circus 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z So, it doesn’t surprise me that you are being prejudged as childish simply because you are young. Social Q’s: Old Enough at Heart 2013-12-05T20:39:03Z Benjamin Lee Pop directors get political Related: The 75 films we're most excited about in 2016 There comes a time for every director to put away childish things. Lights, camera, aliens … what we’ll be talking about at the movies next year 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z And I was shocked, in a most childish way, to discover my favourite film director was a fully paid-up member of the Republican Party. I was Dennis Hopper's henchman 2010-06-03T21:29:00Z "Will Smith’s childish action represents a new low for cancel culture." Will Smith's violent slap of Chris Rock stings for concerned educators, parents 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Carmichael, the writer and star of the show pushed back against the prevailing norm that the word be sidestepped by using it, explaining his approach by saying: “‘N-word’ is childish … Say it! Is saying the N-word still the final frontier of taboo on television? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z "My childish fantasy of motherhood was soundly corrected as I weighed answers to their very precise questions," she wrote. "I have no regrets": Uma Thurman shares her teenage abortion story in criticizing Texas ban 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z “When it comes to inheritance, maturity dissolves into a puddle of childish resentments,” wrote the novelist Daisy Goodwin last year, about the emotional legacy of her mother’s will. Last orders: what do our wills say about us? 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Megan’s mother, Marie, is so bitter about her own constricted life that she belittles Megan’s dreams as childish by saying that “not every little girl gets to do what they want.” “Mad Men’s” genius fifth season 2012-06-11T14:30:00Z I accused her not just of violating my privacy but of being childish and narcissistic. Did my best friend really know me? 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z As Luna Luna plotted its grand return, the Austrian magazine Falter revealed Heller’s role in what he brushed off as a childish prank, but others have said borders on art forgery. How Drake’s $100 Million Bet Saved the Long-Lost Art Carnival Luna Luna 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Brandon is the baby of the group, roundly teased for his childish looks and long curly hair. The Dark Manhood of “Kicks,” an Anti-Coming-of-Age Story 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The finale was a story about someone childish, finally forcing herself to grow up by loving her own child. Goodbye “Girls”: A Review of a Fittingly Imperfect Finale 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z With the start of school, it won’t be long before your child walks through the door in proud possession of yet another adorably misspelled “essay” or charmingly childish painting. Apptitude: Is your child’s artwork or performance worth Keepy? Possibly you missed when Biles was called a "childish national embarrassment" for putting her mental health issues ahead of Olympic acclaim. On "Cheer," Jada Wooten is a role model, despite the narrative of "too much"-ness spun around her 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z James Norton bravely shows the ugliness that has crept into Stanhope's soul, as well as his unflinching courage, and Graham Butler's Raleigh develops from childish hero-worshipper to understanding and manhood. Journey's End ? review 2011-03-16T19:15:00Z Your tactic was childish, but don’t beat yourself up. I Lied to My Parents. How Do I Get Them to Believe the Truth Now? 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z I ask him how Mr. Trump, who is still putting out a lot of wacky, childish tweets, has struck him during the transition. Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Lydia: Adam asking for an apple juice – is there any more childish drink?? – was the first of many funny lines in this episode for me. 'Girls' Recap: Adam, an Example of How Selfish Young Men Speak When They've Done Wrong 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z "More than anything," he replied, "I hope we won't be too childish about it." Arts funding: creative tensions 2011-03-30T23:05:03Z But what Stephens and Chancellor bring out perfectly is the couple's childish egotism and the strangely androgynous nature of a relationship in which Elyot's sulks and flounces are met by Amanda's ruthless body-blows. Private Lives – review 2012-09-30T16:45:01Z The Honey Beer, garnished with a lemon peel, is adult refreshment with a childish charm. The Tipsy Diaries: 3 Cocktails That Share an Exquisite Secret 2011-01-06T22:30:13Z Photograph: Demotix/Corbis Nick Clegg has condemned a series of parties celebrating the death of Lady Thatcher as "puerile" and "childish", and not in keeping with the sombre mood of the nation. Margaret Thatcher death celebrations were puerile, says Nick Clegg 2013-04-11T09:48:13Z Mr. Walker plays Jackson as a childish, temper-prone teenager who wants what he wants when he wants it. Rocking the Vote, In the 1820s and Now 2010-10-22T23:03:00Z Ms. Driscoll’s simple maypole dance is sweet — innocent, not childish — and reveals a softening in her canvas. Dance Review: Faye Driscoll Draws In the Audience at Danspace 2014-03-10T20:40:05Z Here, the play borrows from the current template of the rom-com, in which love allows a childish man to grow up and an uptight woman to loosen up. Review: ‘Fire in Dreamland’ Is a Parable of Love and Licorice 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The comment acknowledged that the ugliness I was feeling was valid and not some childish self-hatred. Jessica Valenti: my life as a ‘sex object’ 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z There is still this childish thing of taking your clothes off and laughing. "Nudity is not indecent": "Naked Gardens" directors on baring all, even themselves, for documentary 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z While the results are more creepy than charming — too childish for adults, though not necessarily too dark for children — it is hard to fault Mr. Goodwill for trying. Review: In ‘Patch Town,’ Animated Toys Work the Factory Line 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Andy, ready to put away childish things, is able to acknowledge what they have done for him. Film: They Grow Up So Quickly, Don?t They? 2010-07-09T04:31:00Z In the first case, the child is seen as a potential adult, not playing with childish things for their own sake but growing through exploration. Exhibition Review: Public Library’s ‘ABC of It’ Looks at Children’s Books 2013-06-20T22:19:09Z Introspection and reserve are not qualities that come to mind when you imagine young male pop stars shedding their childish skins, but these days the two are closely aligned. Zayn Malik Would Like You to Know That He Is a Cool Adult Now 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z There's nothing in my life that is childish or whimsical. Drew Barrymore: Don't mention the c-word 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z Now I realise it is more than just a childish fantasy I failed to ditch in adulthood: it is a sophisticated and powerful psychological tool. ‘No tricks. No mantras. I just want to learn how to do nothing’: my quest to stay still 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Stepping in for Dudley Moore, the star of the 1981 original, Brand plays a childish playboy. Cartoon birds, bunnies rule world box office 2011-04-11T02:55:27Z Middle-aged Edgar is an evasive and self-centered burnout; he smokes in the hospital and responds to his unconscious mother’s refusal to die with childish impatience. An Unlikely Romance Blooms in a Hospital Room, Then Metastisizes 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z He enjoyed being childish: in Harmonielehre , a 1984 symphony that alludes to a crabby atonal textbook by Schoenberg, he imagined his infant daughter, Quackie, riding on the shoulders of the German mystic Meister Eckhart. America's composer 2010-06-19T23:01:00Z The thought that he was forcing her to give up "childish things" may have repercussions for her long after her father is gone. The Last Act for the Ringling Circus 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z There are instances of childish glee and others sincere spirituality. Patricia Kopatchinskaja shows her astonishing artistry on 'Take Two' and 'Chiaroscuro' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z In this dilemma of childish frustration, she is hit on the head in a real cyclone and through her unconscious self, she finds escape in her dream of Oz. Oz Revisited – Part 5: What’s the Matter With Kansas? 2013-09-20T20:09:43Z Although he is a far more realistic character, Farrell ultimately needs to be as tough and brave as Philip Marlowe — while, it’s important to note, lacking Marlowe’s childish fear of women. Book review: ‘Dry Bones in the Valley,’ exciting debut thriller by Tom Bouman But as a whole they have a novelistic sweep, from childish wonder to an illicit affair to encroaching death. Newly Published, From Palestinian Poetry to Stories on Reproductive Freedom 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z As a shiftless 17-year-old I put down childish things and picked up The Waste Land after seeing Paulin on the Late Review, and spent three memorable years studying under him at university. The Review Show's move to BBC4 isn't a death sentence 2013-03-15T16:00:02Z Pedaling through the town of Rocheport's perfect charming streets will fill you with childish glee. Weekend Itinerary: Missouri Wine Country 2010-09-20T20:51:00Z His childish habits of urinating in inappropriate places when drunk and failing to close any cupboard door have become intolerable. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z So we, the Harper Lee fanatics of the world, were forced into the childish antics of a child on Christmas Eve. “Scout is a lesbian”: Some modest theories on what Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” follow-up will hold 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z It's like a memory of some bright but distant summer, and the chant itself recalls innocent childish enthusiasm and a kind of impossible idealism. Philippe Parreno at the Serpentine: The installation that won't sit still 2010-12-01T16:19:00Z “Let the adults have fun too and let them gather candy as well. Adulting sucks and being able to ‘act childish’ should be allowed and not frowned upon.” How old is too old to trick-or-treat? The Halloween custom should be reserved just for the kids 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z “My voice was like, really high,” Tai, now in ninth grade, reflected over Zoom, imitating his podcasting debut in a childish whine. These Young Podcasters Are Growing Up on Mic 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The boys’ childish attire — butterfly wings here, a fright wig there — only emphasizes their breathtaking viciousness, ravishingly captured by Marc Koninckx’s anxiously spasming camera. Movie Review : ?Johnny Mad Dog? 2011-01-20T22:17:31Z “If my fiancé called me a toddler for spending one grand of my own money on a reasonably-priced dress for our wedding, I'd be seriously reconsidering the marriage. That's such childish behavior,” another said. Groom-to-be tells bride she's being unreasonable for wanting 'extravagant' dress, asks internet if he's being a jerk 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z In Season 2 the fictional Anna and Maya negotiate the fallout from their school-dance three-way and cope with the increasingly childish behavior of Anna’s parents. Here Are 20 Shows to Watch This Fall 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Since then, defenders of orca captivity have often pointed to Keiko as proof that freeing these creatures is little more than a childish fantasy that can cost the animals their lives. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z At this stage there are remnants of childish freedom in Marie-Angèle, despite the religiosity and materialism that will distort her life as she grows to adulthood. Ignorance by Michèle Roberts - review 2012-05-25T21:55:01Z What begins as childish fun soon becomes, as with Juan, the stuff of family nightmare because Mia seems to be narrating Hollow Face into existence. Movie Review: ?Intruders,? From Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, With Clive Owen 2012-03-29T21:17:00Z This is not the behavior of a childish rock star; Brickhouse is an actual child. Unlocking the Truth: Sony's Barely Teenage Metal Band 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Beatbox, childish beeps and squawks, and bird-calls combine with text recitals to accompany dances that range from the comical – a languidly sketched sequence of cod-classical dance by David Kern – to the hauntingly beautiful. The Forsythe Company – review 2013-06-22T23:05:16Z Molloy, bright-eyed and alert as an old fox in a part originally written for Ralph Richardson, brings just the right mixture of childish tantrum and spry twinkle to the role. Early Days – review 2013-06-19T16:23:44Z This wasn’t some childish rebellion or bohemian pretentiousness, this was something lawyers did! If not my surname or my husband’s, could we call our child after a New Zealand volcano? 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z We are cruel and kind, practical and impractical, mature and childish, honest and dishonest, all at the same time, all at once. Your guide to Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" 2011-07-02T16:54:00Z In some parts of the world comic books are often a derided medium seen as childish and disposable. Huge Smurfs mark comics museum at 25 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Others held fast to childish things and formed a Rebel Alliance against the Empire of adulthood. ‘Star Wars,’ Elvis and Me 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Nor do we balk at the childish ideas of redemption, or the upbeat endings that, like cheap gas and cold beer, Americans insist on. French films glow with confidence and culture. Ours should do the same 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z It was challenging enough for Missy to trade in her childish overalls for more mature jeans. Even beyond the voice recast, "Big Mouth" nails the adventures of an awkward Black girl 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Gina is so unimpressed by this childish superstition and so dismayed by her austere environment that she contemplates running away. In Magda Szabo’s Magical Novel, a Statue Protects Students From the Nazis 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The answer more likely comes from an association of “dry” with the perceived sophistication of drinking wine, while “sweet” on some level seems childish. When Simplicity Can Be a Winemaking Virtue 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z In addition to his musical talent, fans are drawn to his expert eye for spectacle that’s often colorful, funny, relevant to pop culture, gender-bending, hypersexual or charmingly childish, if not all of the above. What happens when your whimsical ‘Wizard of Oz’ obsession actually pays off? 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z The song cuts across generations as it starts with a childish concern—fear of the dark—and then offers a kind of adult relief two-thirds of the way through, with an uplifting orchestral break. The Eternal “Stand By Me” 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The goal was to draw like a child who never stopped drawing that way even as he aged and his subject matter became not childish. Remembering Saul Steinberg 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The whole beach echoes with our joyful, childish peals of laughter. Read the Wicked young writers' awards 2012 winning entries 2012-12-08T08:15:12Z Yet, that progress is erased when we fixate on what powerful white men and childish comedians are supposedly no longer allowed to say without consequences. Michael Che and the "edgy," male comedian's obsession with rape jokes 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Their childish initiation rituals, for instance, make college fraternities look sophisticated. ‘Gangland Undercover’ and ‘Outlaw Country’ Examine Biker Life 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Barrie classic is both too childish to tell the story properly and too adult to access its wonder. Performance Space 122 to Return to Its East Village Home 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z The game-show genre, once a space where it was acceptable to leap and whoop in spasms of childish want, is also moving toward goodness and light. Cultural Studies: On TV, Nice Guys Finish First - Cultural Studies 2011-12-09T19:24:48Z If this all sounds terribly childish, let’s not forget we are talking about 10-year-old boys here. How Clash of Clans Is Taking Bullying to the Virtual Playground 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Because there are representations of children, or childish figurations in our work, it's assumed our work is for children. How the Chapman Brothers became the brothers grim 2010-08-03T20:31:00Z After over 25 years of our adult life dealing with his childish, nasty, out-of-proportion reactions to our lifestyle and family values, we created boundaries for him within our family. Perspective | Ask Amy: Where there is a will, there is no way 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z But when I grew up, I put away childish things and found work in Men’s Furnishings. First Person: Why Department Stores Are Vital – First Person 2012-11-23T22:09:35Z The show resurrected a vintage style of zany comedy that freed up Williams and her co-star, Penny Marshall, to act both more adult and more childish at the same time. More Than Shirley: Cindy Williams’s 6 Best Moments Onscreen 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z I guess it’s kind of childish finding comedy in that situation, but usually when you have a comedy that deals with man-on-man love making, the joke is the guy being so horrified. Movies Seek Laughs With All Manner of Sex Scenes 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The recurring sketch is stupid, childish and … entirely impossible to stop watching. Watch: Jimmy Fallon & Bill Hader’s buddy-cop spoof is totally gross and absolutely mesmerizing 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z It was such a childish way of thinking about it. Maisie Williams on ‘Game of Thrones,’ Blind Arya and Impatient Fans 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z I always saw “Liaisons” as more infantile than most people saw it, as more amusing and childish. A Conversation With: John Malkovich: John Malkovich on Casanova and Other Roles 2013-05-27T21:18:58Z “They didn’t have to wear a uniform but they did need to look smart,” and though a jumper can look childish, it was actually a popular look among young women of the time, she said. Two Films, One Designer: The Costumes of ‘Carol’ and ‘Cinderella’ 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Miller’s vision of Batman helped pave the way for Tim Burton’s “Batman,” starring Michael Keaton, perhaps the first time my love of comics was less childish and more socially acceptable. Batman Is Turning 80. Fighting Crime Must Pay. 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Vella proposes that she and her fellow villagers fight the monster rather than offer up girls to be eaten by it — a suggestion that her relatives dismiss as a childish fantasy. Video Game Review: Broken Age Fulfills Dreams of Freedom 2014-01-29T20:44:13Z We always played childish pranks on each other. ‘Anyone else would have kicked him out’: celebrity flatmates reveal all 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Together they booze, smoke pot and play a childish drinking game involving punitive forfeits. Red Bud ? review 2010-10-26T20:45:00Z But just as often, Mr. Watts aims for the pure childish pleasure of gibberish. Reggie Watts, the Tip of Comedy’s Absurdist Spear 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z It’s thoroughly childish, but with swearing and shooting. Movie Review | 'Cop Out': The Buddy-Police Recipe: Take Guns, Add Some Wisecracking, Stir 2010-02-25T23:21:00Z Or his somewhat childish tendency to refuse to speak to the press, and to ban critics he didn’t like from his shows. Céline, Hedi Slimane, and the Grown-Up Woman 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z “They were just having this light, childish conversation. One of them started smoking—because that was allowed in my house.” The Female Gaze of Petra Collins 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z My outfit was tacky, and my jewelry was purposefully childish. The final blonde: My ongoing journey to decolonizing Barbie from my dress-up 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z Topics: Emotion, Innkeepers, Introversion, , , , Shyness, , , I’m a 31-year-old man with a very childish mind regarding the world and women. How do I fall in love? 2012-10-22T00:00:00Z Over “dinners” of plastic food, and in arguments that blur the line between childish bullying and adult fury, they borrow and repurpose their elders’ clichés. Review: In ‘Make Believe,’ Four Children Meet Their Inner Adults 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z It highlights Lennon's sense of humour, and the rather childish and crude answers he gave show his unique wit. Lennon's landing card up for auction 2011-08-23T11:44:56Z “Most of us grow up and put magic away with other childish things,” she explained in Writer magazine. Nancy Willard, Prolific Children’s Book Author, Dies at 80 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z For Seacrest to stay in that neuter state reflects a childish, eyes-closed denial of reality among those audience members who still like it. American Idol: Riveting despite itself 2012-05-24T11:51:00Z The trailer quickly became a communal classroom obsession, the line “wanton sex goddess with a very bad man between her thighs – mum, hi!” quickly deposing childish Simpsons catchphrases, because pre-teen girls are ardent perverts. My favourite film aged 12: Bridget Jones's Diary 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Then the ladies broke into a spirited cancan as the models streamed out in childish skirts and glittery platforms. Fashion Review: Young Designers Lead the Way at London Fashion Shows - Fashion Review 2011-09-21T17:58:26Z A childish reaction, but perhaps it caught something of the expedition's own longing for treats. Rewatching a film 50 years on showed me something about modern memories 2012-12-28T16:45:01Z Nabokov declared it "childish to read a novel to gain information". Summer voyages: Leo the African by Amin Maalouf 2013-07-19T12:57:30Z Brown is portrayed as childish and impulsive, hot tempered and jealous of his wife's success. Whitney Houston's mother has words for Bobby Brown 2013-01-28T21:35:13Z They try to preserve an apparently childish vision, their innocence. 10 years of Tate Modern 2010-04-24T23:07:00Z I was expecting an interesting if childish novel. Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway - review 2012-08-02T08:00:00Z “And I’ve been finding these notes now. She wrote: ‘The immediacy of the childish impulse, the splattered canvas, is lost as we get older. Alice Teirstein, Who Introduced Youths to Dance, Dies at 93 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Proper parents should therefore bring children’s headphones to apply to childish ears, whether the content is animated, live-action or, as Miss Manners would term such dubious entertainment as videos of purchased goods being unpacked, inanimate. Perspective | Miss Manners: Is it okay for children to watch videos in restaurants with the volume on? 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z As he wrote in “Latest Readings,” one of his final books, “The childish urge to understand everything doesn’t necessarily fade when the time approaches for you to do the most adult thing of all: vanish.” Clive James, a Tireless Polymath Who Led With His Wit 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “To me, they reflected the American character in general — an almost childish innocent aggression.” Arturo Vega, Spokesman and Designer for the Ramones, Dies at 65 2013-06-12T00:22:16Z The nickname contains a great deal of information about the narrator’s mother, or his childish perception of her, her fragility and what would “later strike me as her resemblance to paper,” he writes. Ismail Kadare Attributes His Writer’s Gift to His Mother 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Adding indignity to inconvenience, Mr. Levy puts Billy and Nick in the children’s section for this scene, folding their big bodies into little chairs that illustrate just how vulnerable — childish, really — they are. Movie Review: ‘The Internship,’ With Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson 2013-06-06T21:50:18Z Williams has a lovely singing voice and took to flying with gamine grace, but she brought none of the grubby joy, childish rebellion, pent-up energy or airy narcissism to the role that others have. 'Peter Pan Live': Neither mess nor magic, but some vintage Walken 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Calling the terrorists “cowards” also felt good for the perhaps childish reason that the terrorists had used the term first. Boston Marathon bombing, one year later: Were the Tsarnaevs really cowards? 2014-04-14T23:00:00Z Likely to be watched by equal parts enthralled acolytes and alcoholically insulated parents wistfully anticipating their pre-teen offspring's imminent arrival in adolescence, when they will self-righteously disown such childish things as talent-show pop. TV highlights 22/12/2012 2012-12-21T10:04:48Z Such pluck is childish to be sure, but here childishness is neither naïve nor wrongheaded. Two New Audiobooks Inspire Teenagers to Make Real Change 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “We can eat codfish with anything,” he replied with a laugh, at what was apparently a childish question. Choice Tables: Lisbon?s Culinary Golden Age? 2011-03-11T19:55:00Z The place offers childish delights, laid on by the unseen hand of a benevolent daddy. Astana, Kazakhstan: the space station in the steppes 2010-08-08T00:59:00Z But on the band’s new LP, “Why Love Now,” Korvette resists the ponderous sincerity that often comes with putting away childish things. A Punk Band That Knows “The Bar Is Low” for Straight White Men 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z "It takes characters that could be considered childish and gives them a romantic new take, making them so grand that kids can believe in them again without feeling childish." Few family films among Hollywood's holiday movies 2012-11-14T13:08:33Z There are bullies whose actions persist into adulthood, but there are also bullies who lead wonderful, productive lives and outgrow their childish cruelties. Beyond the wedgies: How we oversimplify schoolyard bullying 2014-05-03T21:30:00Z Purcarete destroys any notion that Swift's work is a charming, childish fantasy. Gulliver's Travels – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-19T15:58:15Z Now his lyrics are either coded with warning and regret, or they regress to a purer and more childish form of complaint. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Korn, Currensy and Tom Jones 2010-07-26T00:05:00Z We are kidding, of course: That would be childish and irresponsible. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z If you lived through the street parties and childish excitement of that day it'll take you straight back there. A History Of The World 2010-05-17T07:00:00Z No wonder unicorns are nearly extinct, what with the Chinese using their horns for their medicine and Amazon using them for childish costumes. Style Invitational Week 1377: Make your own March Madness 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Nemec recognizes this, to some degree, by only mentioning a central figure from the anime who is basically a flailing, flouncing mess of childish squeaks and quirks. "Cowboy Bebop" is an off-key adaptation that captures the jazzy color but not soul of the original 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Bored of the Rings is, by Gollancz's own admission, "sometimes childish, sometimes rude" but it's also very funny, albeit perhaps less sophisticated than more modern parodies. After Tolkien, get Bored of the Rings 2011-02-08T13:01:04Z And so I put away those sweeter childish things. How to transform a bakery croissant into something marvelous 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z "The cartoons of Prophet Mohammad are childish caricatures compared to what this publication allows itself in mocking the feelings of Christians," Kirill said in an excerpt of the sermon broadcast by Rossiya 24 state television. Russian Orthodox head slams French weekly's mockery of Christians 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Maybe I was childish, maybe I didn’t want to show weakness. Sylvie Guillem Prepares to End Her Ballet Career 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The whole issue is a mom-mail making a highly detailed case that she still views you as a child — so, a childish outburst is not the counterpunch you’re looking for. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Momsplainer kills the buzz of adopting a much-wanted dog 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z And one prominent motif, a childish idea about the moon, seems forced throughout. Review: In ‘1969: The Second Man’ Buzz Aldrin Is an Unhappy Runner-Up 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Mostly, however, the visuals are childish, with saturated tinting that has to be squinted through, as though a lollipop melted on the lens. ‘To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You’ Review: Bliss, for Now 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Tarantino gets away with his brand of boyish fandom both because it speaks to the childish fantasist in each of us and because we are, at the same time, adults. Perspective | The ugly underside of Brad Pitt’s cool car in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Tim was goofy and childish, whereas Jill, his wife, was always ready — with a disapproving scowl, a snappy remark and seemingly endless stores of patience — to bring him back in line. Why are sitcom dads still so inept? 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Partly it was simply the childish love of ritual – and the break from schoolwork. Choppers, Muffin the Mule, The Famous Five … icons of the great British childhood 2012-10-07T18:00:00Z Their "female" qualities and childish innocence are often what resolve the crisis at hand and bridge conflicting worlds. Studio Ghibli: Leave the boys behind 2011-07-14T21:00:03Z Like always eating pizza for lunch: enticing in the realm of childish fantasy but bordering on revolting in practice. | The Perfume Diaries 2014-02-12T00:06:48Z It is hardly likely that we shall be induced back into the theatre's childish beginnings: a platform on which there was little to be seen ... Friends, Germans, countrymen: the long history of 'unser Shakespeare' 2010-10-06T12:01:00Z It's also a silly song, childish, a plea along the lines of: Don't pull the plug, Mom. How "M3GAN" weaponizes music 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z I felt a bit uncomfortable for a moment, but then I thought, `What the heck, why be childish?' Streep would like to thank the (arts) academy 2010-04-12T15:16:00Z You may find the issue childish, but for many of us it's quite serious. Kebabs as a Political Statement in France 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. Gaby Hoffmann, the Eloise of the Chelsea Hotel 2013-07-08T18:56:11Z You started as a kid, full of frivolity and wasted afternoons, and at some point in your mid to late teens you put away childish things and transitioned to adulthood. I am Nick Miller from “New Girl” 2013-06-01T16:00:00Z “For more than 70 years Takis was a pioneer, an artist whose childish curiosity of the forces of the universe never ended,” Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said in a statement. Greek sculptor Takis, whose works used magnetism, sound and light,... 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z But the knowledge of death forces itself into our childish awareness, and we begin to build ourselves around it. This Week in Fiction: Tessa Hadley 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z That’s intended to be cool, but it’s just childish and silly. At the Writing Academy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z At best the approach taps into a childlike imagination, but more often it ends up strained and childish. Dance Review | Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects: At Abron Arts Center, 20 Years of Rock, Babies and Cheers 2010-03-13T01:38:00Z That’s part of the point here, it’s a very facile and childish philosophy, that cynical speech that he has. Todd Solondz: I’m Judd Apatow’s dark side 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z This, Poupaud says, was all part of his attempt to make film-making fun, "something of a childish world still going on". Raul Ruiz and the ghosts on the battlefield 2012-08-20T17:37:40Z "I walked onstage in a play at prep school, and with childish naiveté, told myself, 'Wow, I'm an actor!'" he once recalled. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., star of 'The FBI,' dead at 95 2014-05-03T15:39:30Z Berger declared that he wrote out of an almost childish love, a love without mockery. Thomas Berger’s Egoless Fictions 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Such behavior might be deemed childish or inappropriate or uncivil. Booing Betsy DeVos isn’t enough: Face it, we have all failed our universities 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Did a childish hand — or a frightened one — write it? ‘We respect the ghosts’: A spirited cider-tasting guide to Adams County, Pa. 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z On the brink of adolescence, she observes the world with both a childish sense of wonder and the unflinching, no-nonsense perspective of a young person. Debut fiction: The Tiger's Wife by T?a Obreht; When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman; Today by David Miller ? reviews 2011-03-20T11:43:01Z Their fumbling overtures are preludes to the dawning realization that we pay for our childish loves with lifelong suffering. ‘An Innocent Fashion,’ by R.J. Hernández: The millennial fairy tale 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z He expresses his perpetual annoyance — to his confidante, God, to family and friends — with childish mockery, nonsense blather, a touch of camp. Review: Fierstein propels a robust, faithful 'Fiddler on the Roof' 2010-05-26T20:47:00Z There are a few fantasy cocktails, too, like the sinisterly childish Moloko Plus from “A Clockwork Orange.” Hollywood and Booze: An Enduring Marriage 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Hal is petulant, childish and arrogant, but he’s smart and charming enough to get away with it, and Sewell both embodies the charm and shows us the flashes of doubt and nobility that redeem him. ‘The Diplomat’ Review: Save the Marriage, Save the World 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z But if the spectacles were stomped in the ordinary course of childish horseplay, as is more likely, I’d let them off the hook and grimly eat the cost of the new glasses myself. Social Q?s: Host Without the Most 2012-01-12T21:21:53Z These works invariably look a little odd, haphazardly expressionistic or even childish. Last Chance: Martin Creed’s Solo Shows at Gavin Brown and Hauser & Wirth 2013-12-17T22:13:14Z Bruce plays straight man to Mike Judge's sniggering simpletons in one of the stupidest, most childish and most consistently funny animated films of all time. Bruce Willis: five best moments 2013-02-17T14:57:44Z Of course the campaign around the song is childish and tasteless, but that's the point. Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available 2013-04-11T11:46:33Z “To me, its about getting in touch with your inner child instead of saying, ‘Oh, because I’m a man, I won’t think about these childish things.’ ” Possessed: Jedi Weapons Sold Separately 2011-03-17T21:39:16Z What an absolutely childish debate by the FN but I'm not surprised. Kebabs as a Political Statement in France 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z “I can't date someone who lives with their parents. It's childish.” How I became an adventurous woman 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z However, all of these triumphs depend on the effectiveness of the first lesson, which has to overcome initial childish recalcitrance. Nanny McPhee speaks softly but carries a big stick | David Cox 2010-03-29T09:44:00Z In the trenches, boyhood crushes and childish rivalries are transformed into pointless braveries and deadly squabbles, love and hate wielded like bayonets in the hands of jumped-up children. A Devastating Tale of War, a Tender Story of Love 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z “In childish hope, unreason. Begging your husband Breathe! Don’t stop breathing!” Review | Joyce Carol Oates captures the wobbly reality of widowhood in ‘Breathe’ 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z So when Leda does something childish and inexplicable, the possibility of the act also being dangerous feels much more real. ‘The Lost Daughter’ Review: The Parent Trap 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z It all seems a bit childish and self-defeating, but then there is no shortage of evidence that singers can very often be a massive pain in the backside. When one frontman is as good as any other 2013-05-23T13:14:08Z Far from childish playthings, these mythical beings, or “cryptids,” bring our two dazed dreamers violently down to Earth. ‘Cryptozoo’ Review: Wild Things 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z I’m currently cleaning out my closet of childish dresses. T Magazine: Kirsten Dunst: '60s Going on 30 2011-10-14T02:17:29Z “Raising Hope” manages the more difficult task of tapping into the rich inner lives of poor characters who are amusingly weak and childish. Television Review: From Cleaning Pools to Changing Diapers 2010-09-20T16:32:00Z “To me, that’s a childish, immature sort of response,” Boone says. Who is your work Joe Manchin? 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Your childish tactics reveal that your privilege is waning. Why trolls spammed a college’s rape-reporting system 2013-12-19T16:08:00Z "I think it's something to do with my childish wish that magic and fantasy existed, and then the contrasting crushing pathetic reality," she says. Sightseers: Alice Lowe and the secret terrors of caravanning 2012-11-23T14:00:00Z And so, sure enough, right on cue, there’s a glut of dudes self righteously pointing and declaring, “Congrats feminists, you’ve become hate filled irrationalists ” and laughing at feminism’s “childish posturing, whining, and identity politics.” Twitter’s latest unfunny trend: #killallmen 2013-05-07T16:32:00Z What Tom does not understand, though, is that this is a matter of mature, informed discrimination, not childish biases. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: You can’t make me eat these foods 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z "Men in those days didn't paint, it was considered effeminate or childish," Bell says. 'Pitmen Painters,' story of miners-turned-artists, opens April 26 2012-04-18T22:32:07Z White racism, which I used to take so seriously, came, more and more, to seem childish and pitiful to me. Obama’s Parting Gift: The Power Not to Fear White Racism 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The movie was child-centered, he argued, without being childish. How a ‘Walking Dead’ Guru Brought ‘Creepshow’ Back to Life 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z They argue and act childish like most couples. Together. 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z I felt a little ashamed of this — it seems childish to want to be told a story. Review: ‘The Good Swimmer’ Stays Out of the Deep End 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The explanation felt childish and dumb, and I was embarrassed that something as simple as a manicure felt like taking a risk. How I became an adventurous woman 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z In a letter to her friend Alex Eliot, Diane castigated herself for being “a terrible coward, childish, hysteric, quitter,” someone who would inevitably “lie down and let everything walk over” her. How Diane Arbus Became ‘Arbus’ 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Ask politely: When your fellow passengers behave in a childish way, ask them to stop. Travel Wise | On planes, adults have tantrums too. Here’s how to handle bad behavior at 38,000 feet. 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “People try, but life sometimes takes over, we’re all still primitive in lots of ways and we all still do childish things.” Making Room on the Big Screen for a Woman Over 50 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Those are my childish offerings for the Wankh awards, but I'm sure you can find funnier examples. Only the smuttiest book title can win the battle of the Wankhs 2010-08-19T10:31:00Z “Stickers” sound inherently childish, but they don’t have to be. Apple Opens the iMessage Door, and the Ephemera Rushes In 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z "People look at his work as if it were childlike, or childish, and they tend not to see the depth of passion that goes into it." New Europe: Juan Mir?, a titan of art whose presence is still felt 2011-03-30T06:00:03Z “From the start, I spread my toys,” Harrison liked to say with childish glee, “over a large acreage.” A centennial tribute to 'The Divine Mr. Harrison' 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z It's silly old childish fun” Icke later claimed the appearance on the show had turned him into a figure of fun. Obituary: Sir Terry Wogan 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Tossing their ponytails, these fillies came out in short, geometric 1960s dresses, perhaps in orange felt and with all sorts of childish embellishment, especially silvered rosettes. Brand Recognition Is the Issue 2010-03-15T16:00:00Z Good writing and direction might have saved them, but Vardalos is weak on both counts; as a result, both characters come across as blithering, childish idiots. Ranking: Valentine’s Day Films From Worst to Best 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Though Valadon contours her son beautifully, capturing the tautness of his belly and the turn of his foot, even conveying the childish smoothness of his skin, the line itself is slow and thick. Revolutionary Model Turned Uncompromising Painter 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z As a Navajo and as a Native person, the Three Sisters to me is such a romantic childish story, but it also makes a lot of sense. How to cook Native American cuisine at home with chef Freddie Bitsoie 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Gilson has the energy and childish curiosity of someone a fraction of his age; my conversation with him was peppered with exclamations of “cool!” and “groovy!” Built on Steel, Pittsburgh Now Thrives on Culture 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Megan’s mother Marie is so bitter about her own constricted life that she belittles Megan’s dreams as childish by saying that “not every little girl gets to do what they want.” “Mad Men”: A wearying season finale 2012-06-11T12:30:00Z People only believing in their own experiences is childish, extremely dangerous, unfair and will never lead to any real understanding. Jon Bernthal embedded with Baltimore police to play city's dirtiest cop in HBO's "We Own This City" 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z The “Baby Burlesks” were “a cynical exploitation of our childish innocence,” she wrote in her autobiography, Child Star, adding that they “occasionally were racist and sexist.” Before The Good Ship Lollipop, Shirley Temple Did “Baby Burlesks” 2014-02-12T01:49:17Z They were frank about the omnipresence of sex, of longing, the wish to be taken seriously, of grown-ups with sudden childish passions that seemed, at least to me, to be true. In Praise of Iris Murdoch 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “But when they reproach me for the loss of two jobs, I find that childish, unfair and not very democratic.” The Film ‘Merci Patron!’ Emerges as a Rallying Cry in France 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z She did not savor the cookie but attacked it with childish vigor, plunging it into the milk. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z Small things really irk me, like her obsession with childish things and her at-times-poor English. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You always hurt the one you’re in an unhealthy relationship with 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z But once the festival got underway in earnest, its slate reflected the kind of artistic seriousness and awards-conscious ambition that indicate it’s time to put away the childish spectacle of summer. At the Toronto International Film Festival, the coming film season looks strong 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z “He didn’t want the band to look childish. But then a few minutes later he snuck up behind Paul McCartney and whacked him on the head with a pillow.” In George V Show, Benson Meets the Beatles 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z There is a plot, but no real intrigue, mystery or suspense, and no inkling of anything at stake beyond a childish and belligerent idea of fun. | 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows': ?Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows? - Review 2011-12-15T22:55:01Z As this first act draws to a close, childish things are set aside. The Accidental Perfection of the Beatles’ White Album 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z I sought help from a therapist 15 years ago, but she made things worse by calling me childish, and telling me that I couldn’t be helped. My life in sex: ‘I both long for romance and dread it’ 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Will Byers ends his battle to hang on to childhood and what his friends view as childish pursuits by surrendering his Dungeons & Dragons paraphernalia. "Stranger Things" wants to be everybody's memory and nobody's parable 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The set design appealed to childish delight in destruction. Macbeth 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z My mutual friends are not taking it well, with me breaking up with them; they readily side with the ex and call me childish for the whole thing. Perspective | Miss Manners: Proposed ‘thank-you vacation’ won’t be a vacation at all 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Will 2016 be the year when animation is finally acknowledged as something other than a childish adjunct to the more serious trajectories of “live action” movies? Cinema 2015: A year of change and reinvention 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z In “Blended,” he once again proclaims himself both über-doofus and ultimate mensch, disguising his tireless bullying in childish voices and the ironclad alibis of fatherhood and grief. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in ‘Blended’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Throughout, Wood’s lush prose modulates gently between the three women’s voices, incorporating Pepper’s childish colloquialisms, Ada’s bluff irritation and Pearl’s confused meanderings without ever loosing its lyrical power. ‘Weathering’ review: A haunting debut set in the British countryside 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Also, the idea that Chris’s Frank was always so innocent and childish, and so I feel like the head can take you back to a place before you got responsibilities. Jon Ronson gets inside ‘Frank’s’ head Illustration by Caroline Binch Many children's aim to quieten childish terrors – it goes with the territory – offering the equivalent of a soothing nightcap before bedtime. Picture books for children – reviews 2013-07-27T13:00:01Z I didn't get bullied that badly, just childish things. Interviews with 18-year-old boys 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z She finds most contemporary theater productions, she said afterward, “naïve and a bit childish, because they’re always focused on the good.” For This Spanish Provocateur, Each Performance Is About Survival 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z “I think that a huge misconception about Disney weddings is that . . . they are childish, or maybe even cheesy, with characters plastered everywhere,” Mulder says. What’s it like getting married at Disney? It’s not always a fairy tale. 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Her voice, too, is high and childish, floating above fuzzing guitars, shivers of static and flickering electric drums. Sea of Bees: Song for the Ravens ? review 2011-02-03T22:40:01Z Click here We try to formalise it with weddings and His and Hers towels, but love is a childish, dreamlike state and that's what's so good about it. Valentine's Day: let's hear it for Hollywood's odd couples 2013-02-14T08:01:01Z No longer holding herself responsible for what happened to her childish body, adolescent reputation and womanly psyche, Febos got free. Review | Melissa Febos’s ‘Girlhood’ brilliantly illuminates how women are conditioned to be complicit in their own exploitation 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z "Growing is a nasty childish habit," she declares. George's Marvellous Medicine - review 2011-01-07T22:15:01Z I've become so exasperated by their childish behavior, and refusal to update, that I simply refuse to participate. Perspective | Ask Amy: Mention of fishing trip puts relationship in rough waters 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Kirana was evolving -realistically- from a gentle but a little bit childish girl on her first crush, into a more matured woman dedicated to her cause. World literature tour: Indonesia 2011-07-18T11:22:40Z But, the personal vendetta makes the song seem childish, an unfortunate look for someone approaching 30. Lady Gaga’s New ARTPOP Doesn’t Always Live Up to Title 2013-11-11T17:12:01Z In fact, they're so girly, childish and cute as to become a little belligerent: an alternative kind of feminist challenge to art world machismo and its yen for the grave and drily intellectual. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z He’s already been assaulted for wearing boots that his opponents hint make him look feminine or childish. Marco Rubio’s fresh new font: A close read of the GOP’s most adorable campaign logo 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Temple later described them as "a cynical exploitation of our childish innocence that occasionally were racist or sexist". Obituary: Shirley Temple 2014-02-11T10:31:05Z But Wright’s mindfulness of that fact, his resistance to childish opposition between values, his utter fair-mindedness help to make “Islandia” special. The Forgotten Novel That Inspired Homesickness for an Imaginary Land 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z “One would think that extreme wariness and caution would be the order of the day, but in fact childish trust and impetuosity are far more common.” Perspective | ‘Fire and Fury’ proves an often-forgotten rule: Don’t assume ‘we’re off the record’ 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z How is it that we have all, collectively as a society, fallen into this trap of imagining that women have all these obligations to indulge men's childish neediness? From mansplainers to sexual assaulters, Kate Manne explains how society empowers men to harm women 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z This type of petulant idealism is its own form of entitlement—as childish, in a way, as the Veruca Salt-y protestations of the Plumb siblings in “The Nest.” Novels of White Status Anxiety 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z When we grow up, or just grow tired of last year’s cool stuff, we don’t just put away those childish things, we throw them out. | 'Toy Story 3': Voyage to the Bottom of the Day Care Center 2010-06-17T19:23:00Z You are correct, despite your childish description of my appearance, that I have not had plastic surgery. Richard Marx hates my guts 2013-01-19T00:30:00Z As the Soldier, the sole vocalist apart from isolated shouts from the instrumentalists, Christopher Burchett marched, paced and caromed around the set, producing a robust baritone, a childish falsetto and a power-mad bark by turns. Music Review: ‘Soldier Songs’ at Pace University 2013-01-14T22:39:57Z I would argue that Trump’s childish nature not only helps explain aspects of his behavior that otherwise seem incomprehensible, but that it lies at the heart of his appeal — and indeed his meaning. A malicious child acts out: Donald Trump, Jim Comey and the toxic triumph of “kidult” culture 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z The letter, Sister, she said, in a childish but articulate voice, catching my sleeve. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z “When I started working my first ‘real’ job at 23, I still felt hopelessly childish in an office full of mature, competent, older people. Why Kate Spade Felt Like a Friend 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z In addition, we dealt with her unceasing competitiveness and childish bragging. Ask Amy: Couple decides on deep-freeze to break up friendship 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The song is an ode to carefree youth, naïveté and childish innocence. Keane Takes a Step Backwards with Strangeland 2012-05-08T10:45:19Z Let’s play a game called “Spot who’s being childish here.” A 5-year-old gets billed for missing a birthday party 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z “You didn’t need those childish things anymore, did you Jimmy?” he asked my grandpa, who watched with tears. Best of 2018: Aliens at the dinner table 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Proposing to end illegal immigration by building a giant wall along the southern border is a self-evidently childish solution to an imaginary problem — exactly the kind that gets abandoned when it proves too difficult. A malicious child acts out: Donald Trump, Jim Comey and the toxic triumph of “kidult” culture 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Brave, rude, unpredictable, fun, loud, childish and about three-quarters competent: in everything he does, including two unsurprisingly brief residencies on The 11 O'Clock Show and I'm a Celebrity, that's how he is. Comedy gold: Brendon Burns's So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now? 2012-11-22T17:43:08Z Strange to say, but what Saint Laurent needs is less childish fussing. | Fashion Review: After the Pressure, the Smoke 2011-03-09T00:49:32Z Their project of de-acculturating themselves is rendered matter-of-factly, without suspense, since — existing in a half-life of childish patter and reductive reasoning — they didn’t exhibit much tension of personality or emotional intelligence in the first place. To Sayaka Murata, Nonconformity Is a Slippery Slope 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z After years of posing for photos like a brooding 60s version of Heathcliff, here he is, a little disheveled, with wonky teeth and a rueful expression, telling stories to illustrate "how childish I am". Philip Roth and no complaint: not quite unmasked, but surprisingly charming 2013-03-15T15:23:23Z Much like Jeremy, my manager wasn't keen on my frankly childish approach to restraint and I was forced to let him go out of embarrassment. Peep Show's funniest moments - by the man who wrote them 2012-11-23T13:00:00Z What he saw as a tattered "childish things" to be thrown away was a repository of memories which, as an adult, she can never recapture. The Last Act for the Ringling Circus 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Apparently, the irony of posting an open letter, about childish behavior, on social media, is lost on her. Is Kanye West the next John Lennon? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z "If root canal surgery feels too childish a torment, may we direct your attention to this ghastly celebrity roast in the guise of a boisterous family comedy," says the Guardian's Xan Brooks. Grown Ups: Adam Sandler is older, less wise, yet consistently lucrative 2010-08-31T12:16:00Z When she takes the podium, she obliquely portrays Trump — again, without saying his name — as childish. How Michelle Obama talks to voters in a way Hillary Clinton can’t 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z All of the childish vigor Sandler is known for is still there, but filtered through several decades of indelible experience. Adam Sandler Grows Up (Mostly) 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z His project is childish fun with adult language and grown-up costumes, and he executes it with energy and precision. Movie Review: ‘World’s End’ Continues ‘Shaun of the Dead’ and ‘Hot Fuzz’ 2013-08-22T21:06:38Z War Horse, with its marriage of immense crisis and childish experience, seems written for Spielberg. David Thomson on JJ Abrams 2011-07-28T22:36:00Z One solution turns up in an old biography of Kovalevskaya that describes the mathematician as having “a peculiar mix of childish naïveté and great depth of thought.” Women Seeking Intimacy Through Food, Mathematics and Rhythm 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z I proposed in the parking lot of Ago, then the restaurant of choice in L.A., after a brutally childish fight and subsequent makeup dinner. Lord of the engagement rings 2013-02-20T01:00:00Z Me: My problem is that “umami” sounds like “your mommy,” which seems like a childish taunt. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Celebrating the columns you love to hate 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z This will also help you avoid childish arguments over whether someone’s reasons for being perpetually absent without warning are, or are not, morally superior. Perspective | Miss Manners: Drama in the softball dugout 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z This adoration, this childish sense of connection, is only a small part of why her death hit me with a sickening power. Lena Dunham: ‘Caroline Flack’s death hit me with a sickening power’ 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z I’ve been able to maintain a childish fascination with it for almost 40 years. An Exit Interview With the Man Who Transformed the Oxford English Dictionary 2013-04-24T02:14:01Z She pointed to their adoption of the color pink, widely considered a childish hue in Japan, as one such way of repudiating those expectations. Chai, a Band With an Ethos, an Aesthetic and a Sound All Its Own 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z It would be childish and wrong to tell you who they are and what it was, but I was quite disappointed by that. James Corden Wants to Make the World of Late-Night TV More Diverse 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The impact that has on the economic status in the world is childish—none of that can last. Thomas Jane: “I love guns” 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Just as Ree Dolly is at her most beguiling when her mask momentarily slips, and her face briefly twinges with trauma and adolescent uncertainty, the usually formidable Lawrence's childish vulnerability is her most affecting quality. Jennifer Lawrence: a shot of Kentucky spirit 2010-09-02T22:01:00Z She has to enact childish subterfuges when her Syrian girlfriend comes to visit to hide the true nature of her relationship. ‘Sirens’ Review: The Risk in Rocking Out in Beirut 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z His imagery empowers her, and she begins to assert her independence as a woman, rejecting her role as the childish property of her husband, to the Protector's angry dismay. Written on Skin – review 2012-07-08T14:38:59Z At times surreal, at others gloriously childish, it's like an up-to-date take on The Young Ones. Pappy's: the boys who never grew up 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z "This is so typical of SeaWorld. If they're going to pull up videos and say he was drunk one night and used a derogatory word … these are petty, childish attempts to discredit somebody." SeaWorld responds strongly to ex-trainer's critical book 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Online, fans on both sides of the Atlantic have circulated memes featuring Michael Griffiths, a firefighter, brandishing a plastic wineglass as he calls Amber Gill, a beauty therapist, “childish,” in a thick Liverpool accent. The Glorious Depravity of the British “Love Island” 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z No, this was skipping in its purest, most childish form — the hop on one foot, then hop on the other, criss-cross variety. Grow up, inner child: I survived adult preschool play-for-pay, but I’m not going back 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z He could still be childish, and insecure, and even a bore, but he couldn't be too mean. T Magazine: The Manhattan Project 2012-11-30T14:00:46Z In the end, they were all too cramped with self-righteous anger to relish the president’s childish behavior and inane rhetoric. Review | Finally, a novel that captures the inanity of the Trump era. It isn’t pretty. 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Lennon completed the form – a sample airline embarkation card for Japan that was supposed to be used before filling in the real document – with childish and teasing answers. Lennon's landing card up for auction 2011-08-23T11:44:56Z What he’s created instead is a children’s science show catering to the entire family — adults and children, and adults whose paradigm is informed by childish logic. “It’s not magic; it’s science!” How “Bill Nye Saves the World” makes a gentle stand against ignorance 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z “You don’t like scatology, and the more you dislike it the further I go. I’m more childish, you are sick.” Charlie Brooker: 'Happy? I have my moments' 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z These childish Afghans, who adore our pop songs but do not yet understand our culture of freedom: thank goodness Jim has come to save them. Blood and Gifts: it's Afghanistan, Jim, but not as we know it 2010-09-20T11:04:00Z George Washington hated the tradition due to its anti-Catholic sentiment — another byproduct of the association with Guy Fawkes — calling it a "ridiculous and childish custom" in 1775. The origins of 25 fall traditions 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Banville makes it sound like childish fun, but critics are smitten. Writer Banville enjoys new lease on life as Black 2011-07-12T21:04:27Z They both can be very unscrupulous, one in a more adult way, the other in a more childish way. Before and after 'Bean': A talk with Rowan Atkinson, continued 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Fantasy allows us a brief holiday in our more childish, amoral, uncontemplating selves. Sex and shopping are no worse than gadgets or guns 2010-05-31T06:00:00Z “It’s not a statement of childish immaturity; I don’t.” Tom Hardy Is at Home as Hero and Villain in ‘Taboo’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z A childish possessiveness—I had staked them as my territory, their atmosphere particular and concurrent to my own. My Cancelled Detectives 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z So if actors get upset, or they act childlike, or childish, or anything, I am totally sympathetic with them. Director Jim Jarmusch Talks New Film 'Paterson' 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z But there is nothing inherently childish about the overlapping of the natural with the supernatural, and many novels written for adults even in the heyday of realism involve that overlap. Among Others by Jo Walton – review 2013-03-30T10:01:01Z She made an indelible first impression, with her “round, childish face,” thick red hair tied in a braid and “slanting Tatar eyes flashing,” as he recalled in his 1963 memoir, “A Precocious Autobiography.” Bella Akhmadulina, Bold Voice in Russian Poetry, Dies at 73 2010-12-01T05:58:00Z Cage's type is a frozen in the time relic of childish tantrum-throwing -- one that looks more ridiculous with every passing year of the 47-year-old actor's life. Nicolas Cage: Even his arrest is a bore 2011-04-18T15:19:00Z Another is that, on some base and childish level, it hurts that my mom puts everyone else’s well-being ahead of my own. Carolyn Hax: Mom’s searing reaction still haunts, years into adulthood 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Then there is the senseless, seemingly inevitable violence of two proud Southern boys flinging childish insults until one pulls a gun. The First Lady of the Confederacy Considers Her Painful Past 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z More profoundly—at the level of childish phantasmagoria—picture the always possible combination, suggested by a barber’s shop, of blood and water, water and blood. Postscript: John Berger, 1926-2017 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z What we might find is a road map to our own fears, self-doubts and dissatisfactions — a call to, respectively, put away childish habits, find our life’s purpose or reexamine our sex lives. Celebrity moms make me feel better about myself 2013-09-05T22:59:00Z In it he writes, "The potential for self-loathing comes from the unavoidable problem that one is engaging in a childish, fraudulent activity." Derren Brown: 'I'm being honest about my dishonesty' 2010-10-18T06:59:00Z Thematically underdeveloped yet pleasingly creepy, “Tigers Are Not Afraid” balances its mild terrors with appealing moments of childish creativity. ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ Review: Stolen Childhoods, Creative Minds 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The glamourOf childish days is upon me, my manhood is castDown in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a child for the past. Saturday poem 2011-04-01T23:05:34Z “I felt like a different person — not Shalk, of course, that would be childish, but strong and secret,” he remembers. He’s a Transgender Archivist and a Vampire, and He’s in Love 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z It's these scraps and pieces, these childish encounters, out of which a person is made. Why politicians fight shy of campaigning on the arts 2010-04-28T05:00:00Z While some found the footage to be childish, others were won over by its energy and visual flair. "Aladdin" footage of Will Smith’s singing Genie divides CinemaCon: "It is pure nightmare fuel" 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z It’s easy to play childish, but tough to play childlike — which is what Brian is. Heroes and Villains: Love & Mercy's Paul Dano on Playing Brian Wilson 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Jacobs's performance as Nick is very believable: whiney and needling, childish and childlike. Boxing Day – review 2012-12-20T21:40:01Z Losing Mother may push the plot beyond that, painfully maturing these childish characters into some version of adult responsibility. The joy of Jessica Walter's final "Archer" missions before our favorite terrible mother abandons us 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z She’s childish, but I think there was also a twist that Henry has been good for her. ArtsBeat: ?Mad Men? Creator Talks as Season Comes to an End 2010-10-18T03:02:00Z Pieces like this are endlessly frustrating, implying simultaneously that protest bands haven’t done enough and also that their efforts are futile, even childish. Punk rock made me a lefty 2012-08-24T15:13:00Z It was a childish outburst, but it showed that for many Latin American writers the presence of the great colossus in their midst was more than a little burdensome. Essay: Gabriel García Márquez’s Work Was Rooted in the Real 2014-04-21T18:37:38Z Kirana was evolving -realistically- from a gentle but a little bit childish girl on her first crush, into a more matured woman dedicated to her cause. World literature tour: Indonesia 2011-07-18T11:22:40Z And, well, oh, boy, it was as childish as it all sounds, and one couldn’t help but wonder whether some of our representatives are drinking the hand sanitizer instead of using it for good hygiene. Perspective | Tech titans gave their House testimony virtually. But it was the congressmen who departed from reality. 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z It’s the artist’s prerogative to evolve, he said, even if Lange himself prefers the “childish, politically incorrect humor” of the old days. Is Howard Stern going soft or just getting sharper? 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z I adored everything about the film: the extreme violence, the childish games on the beach, the black suits, the dreaminess of it. The unique joy of film festivals 2013-06-07T03:11:00Z I Google my paratrooper beauty, see that I can order one online from an Army-Navy store for $20, and contemplate the purchase for a quarter-hour before an internal alarm goes off: Put away childish things. | To Have and To Hold 2014-03-06T14:00:39Z “They want us to grow up and put away childish things,” the message continues. The Abyss at 30: why James Cameron's sci-fi epic is really about love 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z “For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstition,” he wrote, adding “I cannot see anything ‘chosen’ about them.”. Einstein's 'God Letter' may fetch up to $1.5 million at New York... 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Even his top presidential priority — building a wall — feels both childish and dictatorial. Donald Trump is running for the Spite House 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z I love that tapping into that childish dream of when I grow up, I want to play pretend for living. "Doctor Who" star Jodie Whittaker on the Time Lord's new (old) enemies and advice for her successor 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Once anthropomorphising animals was sneered at as a childish indulgence, now it's seen as logical for grownups, too, especially as science suggests we're more like our primate cousins than even Darwin clocked. Monkey business: primates on film 2011-08-03T20:00:00Z “We became fast friends and felt a sweet kind of creative connection and shared a similar kind of childish of humor,” Garfield said. In a new film, Gia Coppola dissects ‘Mainstream’ culture 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Solipsism has turned into shtick, and their childish interest in themselves betrays a confining lack of curiosity about anything else. Movie Review: ‘This Is the End,’ With Seth Rogen and James Franco 2013-06-11T18:01:14Z They are sweet and smiling and a little silly, particularly as Ms. Ware’s direction emphasizes the broad and the childish like when a character falls to the floor in petulance or others stamp their feet. Goldoni’s ‘The Servant of Two Masters,’ in the Country 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Some of my favorite authors in literature are guys that are great portrayers of childhood, but not necessarily childish - Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl. A Minute With: Guillermo del Toro on "Rise of the Guardians" 2012-11-21T15:03:03Z Julia, up in arms that her room has been taken over by her parents' friends, resorts to childish tantrums. 'Delicate Balance' teeters slightly but always fascinates 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z It's always Barbie and Ken, which drives Gosling's toy man to despair and eventually to a childish interpretation of patriarchy. The secret "Barbie" message everyone can get behind is that Allan is amazing. He is also like us 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z This is the ideal sound-world for anyone wishing to approach contemporary music for the first time. begins with young Max driving his mother to distraction with yet another fit of childish exuberance gone too far. Taking Maurice Sendak's fantasies to the opera 2012-10-29T11:50:39Z Maybe like most kids, the dislike grew out of childish rebellion: I wanted to be more like a grown-up, and I wanted to make my own decisions. How to Pick the Best Apples 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The reason I disliked this book so strongly was because of it's corny and childish theme, I found some parts excruciating to read because of the pure melodramatic tone. The Fire Chronicle by John Stephens 2013-01-18T09:00:00Z But she would not do such a childish thing. “Where Are You?” 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z In closing, Big Bird shared a joke befitting his childish sense of humor. Big Bird wings it to 'Saturday Night Live' 2012-10-07T06:49:08Z A repressed intelligence analyst and a glamorous, childish killer have a mutually thrilling crush on each other, playing out their fascination, attraction and jealousy in life-changing and potentially lethal ways. The 30 Best International TV Shows of the Decade 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The brolly-brandishing Adam Cooper splashes about in the rain with infectiously childish glee. Singin' in the Rain ? review 2011-07-05T22:00:03Z "When I became a man, I put away childish things." Freedom is not the only book in town 2010-10-03T18:59:00Z Have you made up with Charles Saatchi after calling him "childish" and saying "he only recognises art with his wallet"? 'Art is childish' 2010-09-25T23:04:00Z Does Zain’s goodness arise from childish innocence or a magically saintly disposition? ‘Capernaum’ Review: A Heartbreaking and Defiant Look at a Boy’s Life in Beirut 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. 76 minutes with … John Lydon 2012-05-31T20:30:00Z Sometimes she gets irritated, as when reading Howards End and noting Forster's "unsuccessful poetic passages", places where "he is lecturing us", and his "childish religious beliefs: God must be like Forster". From the margins 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z Either Mr. Reynolds was directed to rant and rave, or his bellowing tantrums are meant to signal that Paul is a childish fool who isn’t very bright. | 'Buried': Captive in Iraq, Stymied by Voice Mail 2010-09-23T23:03:00Z Am I saying liberals are more childish than conservatives? Outgrowing the cosmetic left: A liberal plea for fake liberalism to grow up 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z The name Maya came from her brother's childish way of saying "My-a sister". Obituary: Maya Angelou 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Is that expression really just a gormless grin of childish wonder? The new Surf ad 2013-02-02T06:00:08Z Might these old favourites now seem hopelessly childish? Reading group: have you fallen under Alan Garner's spell? 2012-08-08T15:34:48Z The Stahlbaum family is hilariously dysfunctional, and the first act party inclines to drunken bad behavior rather than to courtly dances, childish games and sedate politesse. The Week Ahead: Dec. 5-11 2010-12-03T15:15:00Z Painful and charming, raw and sometimes purposefully childish, Soho’s poems track the Korean poet’s alter ego, Kyungjin, and her sometimes affectionate, sometimes bloody relations with her birth family. Four New Poetry Books Mine Their Authors’ Pasts for Music and Meaning 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z That idea might seem to invite easy Hallmark-card sentiments and childish fantasies. Faustin Linyekula: Remember His Name (and Country and Past) 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z We think of diaries as being childish, the realm of overly emotional teenage girls. In “Pamela, A Love Story,” Pamela Anderson proves the importance of receipts 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z In fact, Doerr’s is much more than a mechanistic or childish device for passing time. From Anthony Doerr, an Ode to Storytelling That Shows How It’s Done 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z At the same time, the audience can appreciate what Ria is too childish to see: Lena’s joy that the neighborhood screw-up has landed its most eligible bachelor. ‘Polite Society’ Review: Pride and Plenty of Fists 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z For men, childish or cruel behavior is often not just excused, but lauded—held as evidence of passion, vision, verve. Ryan Adams and the Perils of the Rock-Genius Myth 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z In a review of “Running Wilde” for The New York Times, Alessandra Stanley described it as a mix of “Arthur” and “Sabrina” that “strains to make the tycoon’s son endearingly weak and childish.” ?Running Wilde? Races for an Audience 2010-10-04T15:01:00Z Magic has both feet planted in cheap vaudeville and childish posturing; in dishonesty and therefore not in art. Derren Brown: 'I'm being honest about my dishonesty' 2010-10-18T06:59:00Z I couldn’t at first decide if it was just a childish dream or a reality, she says. Elizabeth Olsen: Sister Number Three Rises to the Top 2011-10-21T16:08:07Z There is much that is childlike here, and children would undoubtedly enjoy this underwater odyssey, but this is not a childish show by any means. The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik ? review 2011-08-16T18:40:01Z Kids are so oblivious to the bigger picture; it was such an offbeat and childish thing for him to do. Dinner, dusk and dancing Russians: my best winter shot 2012-12-16T17:59:01Z Too much wine leads to sex, and sex leads to an awkward setting of boundaries that Alex and Helen must negotiate while evading their snoopy, childish co-workers. Television Review: ?Up All Night? and ?Free Agents? ? Review 2011-09-13T18:44:09Z She believes herself destined to be a novelist but is tormented by worry that wanting to write fiction about her own life, as she does, is “childish, egotistical, unartistic and worthy of contempt.” Elif Batuman’s Alter Ego Goes Back to College. Her Minor: Overthinking. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z If Hay is ultimately sympathetic, it’s because, like Fields, he never quite succeeds in disguising his essentially childish nature. DVD: Will Hay and Norman Wisdom Comedies on DVD 2013-01-19T15:00:00Z “Trance music is quite childish in a way,” he said. Trance Music Is Coming Back. Evian Christ Is Part of the Revival. 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z In support, Hedges is appropriately passive with both his mother and Susan, but he does manage to exhibit a little childish glee when Malcolm encourages Frances to see what surprising thing Mme. Michelle Pfeiffer brings sly elegance to the peculiar but charming "French Exit" 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z This in itself is hardly unusual: most of the movies released by major studios from May to September cater to the childish impulses of the audience. Movie Review: In ‘Pacific Rim,’ Pilots Inside Robots Face Alien Invaders 2013-07-11T12:00:01Z He might be overly narcissistic or somewhat childish or just way too dumb for someone with a fancy education. Welcome to “Pervert Park,” home to real people who’ve done terrible things 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z "Opulently overstuffed" with garish, childish decorative details, The Public seemed a likely folly even in less austere times. A New Kind of Bleak by Owen Hatherley – review 2012-07-06T07:00:01Z It is that drive to be childish that unites comedians. Why was Reginald D Hunter ever booked for the PFA awards dinner? 2013-04-30T17:26:49Z I knew I was acting childish and petty. Modern Love: Revenge of the Friend 2011-03-24T19:20:52Z Yeah, but at the same time she also definitely felt quite childish to me. Q&A: The Brass Teapot‘s Juno Temple Talks Indie Movies and Black Magic 2013-04-05T15:36:30Z I fight Zephyrus, fight being childish, irritable and difficult like he is. Clenching and counting: how I get through the holidays with OCD 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Notwithstanding the fact that I was nine years old, I considered “Star Wars” a little childish. Listening to “Star Wars” 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Yet she’s often retained an inner childish rapture, which her “Dancer’s Dream” girl marvelously fulfilled. Dance Review: Sara Mearns in Diverse Roles for ‘A Dancer’s Dream’ 2013-06-30T21:05:46Z Three hours later, she’ll be in tears and in between will present Martha in all her seductive, destructive, childish, self-involved fury. A scintillating ‘Virginia Woolf’ with a scalding Holly Twyford 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z I try to adulterate myself in a childish way. No Business Like Their Family Business 2010-12-04T23:10:00Z He has also dismissed as childish the notion that he pledge not to show artists whom he promoted and befriended at his gallery. Jeffrey Deitch and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles 2010-07-02T22:14:00Z His childish insults and adolescent defensiveness already sound ridiculous. Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump tightrope: Brilliantly impersonating a president who’s already impersonating a president 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z It is the merest twist on a premise as common as houseflies in which a childish adult is transformed by the joys and responsibilities of parenthood, or surrogate parenthood. Canada's 'Backpackers' and 'Seed' come home to roost at CW 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Take That's big, booming anthems are just gibberish There comes a time in every boyband's life when they must put away childish things. Have Take That mastered the art of meaningless epic pop? 2010-12-03T12:51:00Z |
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