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Ignorance (or witlessness) is a state of being uninformed (lack of knowledge). The word ignorant is an adjective describing a person in the state of being unaware and is often used as an insult. Ignoramus is commonly used in the US, the UK, and Ireland as a term for someone who is willfully ignorant.
Ignorance is distinguished from stupidity, although both can lead to "unwise" acts.
Writer Thomas Pynchon articulated about the scope and structure of one's ignorance: "Ignorance is not just a blank space on a person's mental map. It has contours and coherence, and for all I know rules of operation as well. So as a corollary to [the advice of] writing about what we know, maybe we should add getting familiar with our ignorance, and the possibilities therein for writing a good story."
The legal principle that ignorantia juris non excusat, literally "ignorance of the law is no excuse", stands for the proposition that the law applies also to those who are unaware of it.
Matters which are obvious are sometimes ignored, not taken into consideration. This phenomenon is not limited to ordinary persons without native ability but extends to the highest level of human governance resulting in nightmarish scenarios that could, with more wisdom, have been avoided.
Actors: Chris Pine (actor), Jason Alexander (actor), Neil Armstrong (actor), Gary Graham (actor), Mark Hamill (actor), Jason Harris (actor), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), Hayden Christensen (actor), Doug Jones (actor), Doug Jones (actor), James Earl Jones (actor), Casey Kasem (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Robert Picardo (actor), William Shatner (actor),
Plot: Quantum Quest centers on the story of Dave, a young photon, who is forced out of the Sun on a journey of discovery. He must get to the Cassini Space Craft and save it from the forces of the Void, only Dave does not know exactly what he must do or even where the Cassini Space craft is or what it is. The forces of the Void must destroy Cassini before it sends its great discoveries back to Earth,Dave is the only thing that stands between them and victory.
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi,Actors: Terry Jernigan (actor), Kera O'Bryon (actress), John Kearns Jr. (producer), Eric Holloway (actor), Matt Gates (composer), Danny Carrales (writer), Danny Carrales (producer), Danny Carrales (director), Barry Ellenberger (actor), MaryBeth Hampton (miscellaneous crew), Marc A. Hutchins (actor), MaryBeth Hampton (actress), Daniel Kruse (producer), Daniel Kruse (actor), Bruce Carey (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy,Actors: Charles Dickens (writer), Stephen Warbeck (composer), Annette Badland (actress), Patrick Stewart (producer), Roger Hammond (actor), Robert Halmi Sr. (producer), Dominic West (actor), Patrick Stewart (actor), Celia Imrie (actress), Liz Smith (actress), Richard E. Grant (actor), Ian McNeice (actor), Joel Grey (actor), James Wilberger (miscellaneous crew), Jean Bourne (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Scrooge is a miserly old businessman in 1840's London. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of Marley, his dead business partner. Marley foretells that Scrooge will be visited by three spirits, each of whom will attempt to show Scrooge the error of his ways. Will Scrooge reform his ways in time to celebrate Christmas?
Keywords: 1840s, 19th-century, based-on-novel, christmas, compassion, ghost, holiday, miser, redemption, spiritActors: Charles Dickens (writer), Josie Lawrence (actress), Josie Lawrence (actress), Josie Lawrence (actress), Josie Lawrence (actress), Josie Lawrence (actress), Josie Lawrence (actress), Jackson Frost (producer), Paul Milikin (actor), Paul Milikin (actor), Paul Milikin (actor), Paul Milikin (actor), Gary Thomas Jr. (actor), Gary Thomas Jr. (actor), Gary Thomas Jr. (actor),
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Plot: The Prologue shows man as 'Power,' garbed in Greek-classic costume, standing at the parting of life's highway. One road leads to 'Success' - the other to ''Failure'. He (Power) is confronted by a figure emblematic of 'Pleasure,' who points to out to him "the easiest way," then 'Ignorance' leads him to the end of the road. where 'Destruction' stands. The classic figures disappear and the story begins: 'Power-The Absentee' leaves his factory in charge of his manager 'Might." who wrecks the property in order that his wife, 'Extravagance," and his daughter, 'Vanity,' may devote themselves to lives of selfish pleasure. It is only when 'Justice,' the office stenographer. forces 'Power' to right the harm done to his employees that he sees the error in believing that 'Might' is right. Then comes the realization that 'Justice' should go hand-in-hand with 'Power," and so they are wed, and 'Ambition,''Opportunity' and 'Success' array themselves on his side.
Keywords: 1900s, absentee-owner, allegory, ambition, confrontation, crossroads, daughter, deceit, deception, decisionIgnorance is part of me
Ignorance made you leave me
Tolerance I did not give
Tolerance I did not live
Passing on the street
People that you meet
Hoping to forget
Sadness and regret
Hatred, you compete
Feeling incomplete
Never know who will be
The people that you see
I cannot understand you
Could you please ignore what I've done
You don't seem to even believe me
On my knees, I hope you'd come back
To me
Ignorance is part of me
Ignorance made you leave me
Tolerance I did not live
Tolerance I did not give
Try to understand
why things go out of hand
The colour of your eyes
Tell me all your lies
The same way you believe
You tell what people feel
No way to escape
Suspicion and your fate
I hope I fear
I have the same restraints like you
I see things clear
I wished that you could see that to
But if you leave
I will have no one to support
The things you give
Are teaching tolerance to me
Ignorance is part of me
Ignorance made you leave me
Tolerance I did not live