More important than his legacy of helping to spare us the Jamesport nuclear plant, and likely the others which were sure to dot the eastern Long Island landscape, was his inspiration for all of us, especially young people who seek role models for public service: that when you hold on to what you know is right and work hard, even struggle, to make the world a better place, you're more than
just an idealist, you're someone who can make a real and lasting difference.
Not exact matches
And in terms of reputation, the anything - goes strategy seemingly suggested by some
idealists is likely to be fatal to
just about any charity.
The
Idealist is an audit of Sachs's attempts to do
just that.
That fits his role as the benevolent realist wrangling passionate
idealists just enough to keep things on track.
They came in with
idealist beliefs in equal access to info and by extension to the markets but they are selling out,
just like everyone else before them.
I think we sometimes can get
just as romantic and
idealist about freedom as we can get about nature.
And the Marxist
idealists are simply naïve when they believe that, once a reactionary government has been overthrown by violence, a
just and peaceful regime will be established.
But matter should not on that account be spiritualized in an
Idealist manner, for the affirmations that have been made involve spirit too being
just as fundamentally related to matter.
In the real world, the Scrooges are heroes, the Bob Cratchits are dispensable and the Tiny Tims are unproductive spongers draining the precious resources of the state, while the likes of Robin Hood are
just naive
idealists.
Plato was an
idealist not
just because he believed in the «Ideas».
Some come across as bad guys, some as good guys, and more than a few as well - meaning
idealists who somehow got themselves mired in the muck and
just did not know how to get out.
We
just wish you'd listen to us, instead of trying to smear us as either hard left militant trots reawakened from a thirty year sleep, or naive hippy
idealists who blame Blair for Labour's demise, when they should
just forget about the demise and focus on the three election wins instead.
As spotted by Game
Idealist, online retailer Amazon has
just slashed the price of three excellent...
When Bushwick artist Deborah Brown thinks back to the early meetings for Bushwick Open Studios, which celebrates its ninth anniversary this weekend, she marvels at the fact that
just «a small group of committed
idealists» helped created today's immense, annual festival that brings together nearly 1,000 registered artists and 500 art spaces for the public to view.
I suggest that if everyone who visits this page would also take the time to notify their local news outlets, we
just might start getting some more accurate reporting (ok, my
idealist side is being exposed!!).
An unrealistic cynic is
just as naïve as a unrealistic
idealist,
just a lot less noble ``
Many of these bitcoin - loving
idealists aren't
just griping about powerful institutions while swapping tokens among themselves.
Anyway, you can see how it describes me via that «Dreamy
Idealist» link above and then while you are there,
just click on «take a free personality test» and see what yours says about you!