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idealistic pacifists who thought that tyranny could be toppled by rational argument and mutual understanding
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The 35-year-old actor — who found fame during his 9-season run as Cisco Ramon on The Flash — is back on Broadway after an 11-year absence, leading the company of the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown as the idealistic and open-hearted musician, Orpheus.
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
The idealistic progressive laws of the seventies—those mandating environmental review, safety and anti-corruption standards, historic preservation, prevailing wages, and, most important, local power over zoning—had meant to protect small communities against moneyed interests.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
And in that respect, there is a chance Starmer could drag the monarchy headlong into a major backlash, particularly with idealistic young people, whose support Charles is already struggling to maintain.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
One of his more mischievously juicy performances is in Extreme Measures, a godawful 1996 medical thriller starring Hugh Grant as an idealistic young doctor who discovers (much more slowly than the audience does) that Hackman is an evil madman.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
The idealistic progressive laws of the seventies—those mandating environmental review, safety and anti-corruption standards, historic preservation, prevailing wages, and, most important, local power over zoning—had meant to protect small communities against moneyed interests.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
And in that respect, there is a chance Starmer could drag the monarchy headlong into a major backlash, particularly with idealistic young people, whose support Charles is already struggling to maintain.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
One of his more mischievously juicy performances is in Extreme Measures, a godawful 1996 medical thriller starring Hugh Grant as an idealistic young doctor who discovers (much more slowly than the audience does) that Hackman is an evil madman.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Idealistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idealistic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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