as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
a latter-day Don Quixote, she's spent her life fighting the state's big logging companies
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David Attenborough: Ocean (wt) is being produced by Silverback with the backing of All3Media International, Ocean Ten Media, Minderoo Productions, National Geographic Society and Pristine Seas, Don Quixote ASBL and The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 July 2024
In fact, heat has been associated with physical and emotional endurance since the earliest modern novels — Don Quixote was very much toughing it out on his way to tilt at windmills.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 11 July 2024
For Spaniards, the resulting jamón Ibérico is as much of a cultural symbol as Picasso’s Cubist art, the red wines of Rioja, or Don Quixote’s windmills.
—Sofia Perez, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2024
Unity is the great elusive dream of Latin America, and Bolívar is its Don Quixote.
—Ilan Stavans, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 July 2024
In fact, heat has been associated with physical and emotional endurance since the earliest modern novels — Don Quixote was very much toughing it out on his way to tilt at windmills.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 11 July 2024
For Spaniards, the resulting jamón Ibérico is as much of a cultural symbol as Picasso’s Cubist art, the red wines of Rioja, or Don Quixote’s windmills.
—Sofia Perez, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2024
Unity is the great elusive dream of Latin America, and Bolívar is its Don Quixote.
—Ilan Stavans, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
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“Don Quixote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Don%20Quixote. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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