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quixotic
quixotic, a. (n.) (kwɪkˈsɒtɪk) [f. Quixote n.] 1. Of persons: Resembling Don Quixote; hence, striving with lofty enthusiasm for visionary ideals.1815 J. Adams Wks. (1856) X. 157, I considered Miranda as a vagrant, a vagabond, a Quixotic adventurer. 1857 Hughes Tom Brown i. i, This family training..m...
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Quixotic (album)
Quixotic is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Martina Topley-Bird. Quixotic was released in the United States one year later, in 2004.
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quixotic
quixotic/kwɪkˈsɔtɪk; kwɪk`sɑtɪk/ adjnoble, unselfish or gallant in an extravagant or impractical way 堂吉诃德式的; 空想而侠义的.
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The painter who took a quixotic view of Spain
3 days ago — ... Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Photo: © bpk/RMN – Grand Palais/Hervé Lewandowski. Zuloaga's work is often as dark as Sorolla's is light. Raised amid ...
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Elon Musk's Quixotic Quest to Turn X Into an 'Everything App'
Jul 27, 2023Elon Musk's Quixotic Quest to Turn X Into an 'Everything App'. Mr. Musk, the owner of Twitter, is the latest Silicon Valley mogul to pursue an all-in-one app, the kind that has thrived in ...
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'God spoke to me': Ryan Binkley's quixotic quest for the Republican nod ...
Today'God spoke to me': Ryan Binkley's quixotic quest for the Republican nod. The pastor from Texas is an extreme long shot in New Hampshire, but he's forging ahead with his lonely bid.
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Reid Hoffman on Systems, Levers, and Quixotic Quests (Ep ...
Jan 15, 2020 — But he ended up focusing on technology instead, helping to build PayPal, LinkedIn, and now many other ventures as an investor at Greylock ...
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Quixotism
Quixotism ( or ; adj. quixotic) is impracticality in pursuit of ideals, especially those ideals manifested by rash, lofty and romantic ideas or extravagantly An impulsive person or act might be regarded as quixotic.
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The Perils of Pursuing Pleasure | Psychology Today
Hedonism is the view that pleasure (and a lack of pain) is all there is to a happy life. At the other end of the spectrum, stoicism holds that a happy life is a life free of emotion. There's acres ...
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quixotism
quixotism (ˈkwɪksətɪz(ə)m) [f. as quixotic a. + -ism.] Quixotic principles, character, or practice; an instance of this, a quixotic action or idea.1688 Pulpit Popery, True Popery 36 All the Heroical Fictions of Ecclesiastical Quixotism. 1723 Briton No. 20 (1724) 86 His Publick Spirit would appear me...
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Gerald Willis (politician)
In 1984, he ran a quixotic campaign for President of the United States in the Democratic Primary in New Hampshire receiving only 50 votes.
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quixotish
quixotish, a. rare. (kwɪkˈsɒtɪʃ) [f. Quixote n. + -ish1.] = quixotic a. 2 a.1810 Shelley Let. 20 May (1964) I. 11, I act unlike every other mortal enough in all conscience, without seeking for more Quixotish adventures.
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Tamai Kobayashi
She later published two short story collections, Exile and the Heart (1998) and Quixotic Erotic (2003), before publishing her debut novel, Prairie Ostrich Works
All Names Spoken (1992, )
Exile and the Heart (1998, )
Quixotic Erotic (2003, )
Prairie Ostrich (2014, )
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The Heat's On (Australian Playhouse)
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The jet-set niece of the quixotic Mr Paisley involves him in a tilt with vice at a notorious keep-fit club.
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Ilya (disambiguation)
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Ilya, Belarus, a village
Ilya (band), from Bristol, England
ILYA, British comics artist
"Ilya", a song by Martina Topley-Bird from her 2003 album Quixotic
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