idealist
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“In Greg’s most optimistic, most idealist, most selfish version of the world, he would just write code on the most important thing,” Altman said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Callaghan gives off a scintilla of Matt Damon vibes, but is his own Rudy, keeping his naive idealist free from leading-man tics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
And Chinese media describe him as a "technical idealist" - he insists on keeping DeepSeek as an open-source platform.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
I was always very much an idealist and was like, "Let's just try."
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
"Your world . . ." "I knew he was a mystic idealist!"
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Refn: We were both naive idealists and we both had an enormous amount of emotions within us that we were trying to find places to unleash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"There are Don Quixotes and Sanchos: idealists and pragmatists. Some may find the transparency of crystals fascinating, while others are interested in their smell and whether they're edible," García-Ruiz pointed out.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
As in “Curb,” though, he just as frequently positions himself as the logician surrounded by dupes fixated on useless details or idealists high on hopium.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
They’re ideas people, glass half full types, idealists but also stubborn visionaries.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
And if my friends are idealists, then my realism would feel negative to them.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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A Raisin in the Sun
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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