- described, then, is
high-
minded. He who
deserves little and
claims little is
temperate [or modest], but not
high-
minded: for
high-
mindedness [or
greatness of...
-
thousands of
years of
human progress, a
savage and
haunting antidote to the
high-
minded idealism of
movies like
Christopher Nolan's
Interstellar and
Ridley Scott's...
- the term is
still used
occasionally as a
mildly derisive label for
high-
minded citizens or reformers. Mike Royko, a
Chicago political columnist of the...
-
place in the
royal palace dazzled every eye. When
Akbar initiated his
high-
minded experiment in the
equality of all religions, she
became a
living symbol...
-
Award for
Outstanding Lead
Actor in a
Comedy Series. His
performance as
high-
minded ****ographer Jack
Horner in Paul
Thomas Anderson's
Boogie Nights (1997)...
-
silly action thriller starring Gerard Butler as the kind of
twitchy yet
high-
minded nutcase who five
years ago
would undoubtedly have been pla**** by Mel...
-
Norwegian kings. In the chronicle, Åsta is
described as "generous and
high-
minded" and as a keen
political player and
guiding influence on her
royal husbands...
-
awkward clashes of
values occur, and an
explosive conflict when a less
high-
minded guest pitches his tent nearby.
Childlike Candice-Marie
Pratt (Alison...
-
viewing the
music as dated, and
calling the band "just
another troupe of
high-
minded post-rock paranoiacs". The band's
fourth album, Are You Earthed? (2003)...
- Chinese—and of
fellow clergy who
would mistrust him—with his kindly,
high-
minded and
courageous ways. The
novel has six parts, the
first (The Beginning...
