Absolve Quotes

"There has to be a real ambiguity about which way her life is going to go.It`s a genuine crossroads at the point that I play it. So I think it`s important for people to know that she is deeply struggling with this moral conundrum, but not necessarily know whether she is going to find the strength of character to truly absolve herself of this responsibility and find `Atonement.`" - On playing Briony in "Atonement".

I`m a Catholic girl from Omaha, and then all of a sudden they spring this scene on me. Afterwards I had to go to confession. I said, Forgive me Father, for I have just bared my ass in front of the world. How many Hail Marys will it take to absolve me of that!" - on her strip scene in Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)

There has to be a real ambiguity about which way her life is going to go.It`s a genuine crossroads at the point that I play it. So I think it`s important for people to know that she is deeply struggling with this moral conundrum, but not necessarily know whether she is going to find the strength of character to truly absolve herself of this responsibility and find `Atonement.` - On playing Briony in "Atonement".

If we allow the consideration of heathen morality and heathen religion to absolve us from the duty of preaching the gospel we are really deposing Christ from His throne in our own souls.