An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. From Wordnik.com. [Blog De Ganz | Archive | June] Reference
I think he's an idealist, which is good, but I think he's way off base here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2002] Reference
He was, in other words, an idealist, but unlike too many idealists he was sternly practical. From Wordnik.com. [Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization] Reference
And, yes, I know I might be the kind of idealist who botches elections. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: Homosexuality Is Not Immoral] Reference
However, it could just as easily be viewed as "idealist" and "optimistic". From Wordnik.com. ["A little girl seems to be crying, her eye bruised, with an American flag in the background and two words framing her figure: 'Liberty Weeps.'"] Reference
Once the last "idealist" gave up trying, the meetings had become shorter and the yawns wider. From Wordnik.com. [Yoani Sanchez: Where a Simple Suggestion Equals Dissent] Reference
So it happens that the pragmatist is more idealistic than the supposed "idealist," Barack Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Sean Wilentz: Who's the Real Idealist, Hillary or Obama?] Reference
The Pentagon, Rumsfeld and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz, architects of the old "idealist" strategy, are in retreat. From Wordnik.com. [Eschaton] Reference
A self-described "idealist," Samara says that "universal access" to the network is a bedrock principle for his venture. From Wordnik.com. [Sky-High Dream] Reference
Such optimism is not entirely convincing, but then Mr. Kronman is a kind of idealist, as a professor perhaps ought to be. From Wordnik.com. [Hitting the Books Without Having a Clue] Reference
"The guy is a great writer/speaker and the best kind of idealist" - but a completely useless politician, never mind statesman. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
That won't be easy, especially since many of those in that position of power are members of the older, "idealist" Baby Boom generation. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Hais and Morley Winograd: Demography is Destiny for the Democratic Party] Reference
If 'idealist' means soaring rhetoric, that's easy. From Wordnik.com. [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference
George Sand may be described as an "idealist," if we add the words. From Wordnik.com. [A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.] Reference
Lorelei: I think it's right not to see "idealist" itself as a perjorative term. From Wordnik.com. [RumorsDaily] Reference
However, because they are caused by different types of generations, either "idealist" or "civic," not all realignments are the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
He is an idealist, which is always good. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy joins Obama VP search team] Reference
(between "idealist" and "realist") pursued by Körting and others, and reprobated, partially or wholly, by MM. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800] Reference
Do you see yourself as a pragmatist or an idealist?. From Wordnik.com. ['The Ground Keeps Shifting'] Reference
My son, the zealous idealist, had sadly forgotten his. From Wordnik.com. [Season Of Protest] Reference
Hilfiker is no armchair theorist, but he is an idealist. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor To The Hopeless] Reference
But now his idealist image is being tested by realpolitik. From Wordnik.com. [‘We Want To Believe’] Reference
But that does not mean he had turned into some sort of democratic idealist. From Wordnik.com. [Fishing for a Way to Change the World] Reference
For Fippinger, it was the latest in a long series of global-idealist adventures. From Wordnik.com. [Q&Amp;A: 'I Saw The Suffering'] Reference
He was a pacifist and idealist at heart, who had plunged into a fatal depression. From Wordnik.com. [THE REALIST] Reference
In this film, the protégé starts as an idealist investment banker, not a trader. From Wordnik.com. [Nathan Gardels: Oliver Stone on the Evolution of Wall Street: From 'Greed Is Good' to 'Greed Is Legal'] Reference
The aide says the president wants to show he can be a realist -- as well as an idealist. From Wordnik.com. [THE WHITE HOUSE: PREACHING PATIENCE] Reference
Says the practical idealist: "I'm shocked that someone is going to give me money to do this.". From Wordnik.com. [Two-Coast Man] Reference
Bullies and phonies can breathe easy -- Italy's fierce idealist won't be calling to interview them anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Special Waterboarding Edition] Reference
Despite Blair's reputation as an idealist, says the historian Ben Pimlott, "he's essentially very practical.". From Wordnik.com. [Is The 'Poodle' A Doberman?] Reference
But the man he has chosen to implement that dream, President Ahmadinejad, is less an idealist than a self-serving populist. From Wordnik.com. [The Supreme Leader] Reference
He has been lionized as an idealist speaking truth to those in a power structure riddled with cynical and corrupt ideologues. From Wordnik.com. [The Ayatollah’s Inspiration] Reference
A self-described "" idealist without illusions, '' he hoped through reason to rally the latent idealism of the American people. From Wordnik.com. [What If Rfk Had Survived?] Reference
He was 23 when he arrived in Vietnam in 1963 -- an idealist who thought "" hearts and minds '' could be won through force and diplomacy. From Wordnik.com. [An Unlikely Tough Guy] Reference
He isn't pure or a dreamy-eyed idealist; he was hired to win, and he has shown he's not averse to punching or getting elastic with facts. From Wordnik.com. [No Prize to the Noble Loser] Reference
The writer, sinister idealist that he is, complains that too many of the home-grown fighters in Iraq are reluctant to be suicidal martyrs. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: A (Terrorist's) Letter from Iraq] Reference
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