quixotic

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• He also seems to write with little concern for cadence, leaving himself stumbling over excess syllables and quixotically stuffing verbal square pegs into musical round holes when it comes time to sing.
• Adams is deeply interested in the broader musical dimensions of culture, how pop music and classical music coexist and sometimes cross-fertilize, how composers need audience feedback, how musical generations succeed one another and how some artists will fight quixotic battles to their dying day, holding true to avant-garde orthodoxy no matter how isolating it is. A conversation with John Adams, composer and so much else
• This is a vast, exciting, and perhaps quixotic project.
• To shield children right up to the age of 18 from exposure to violent descriptions and images would not only be quixotic, but deforming; it would leave them unequipped to cope with the world as we know it.
• It is also bolstered by fine literary criticism that is effortlessly introduced into the narrative of a quixotic life. Times, Sunday Times
• Usually, a robust defender of reason and science -- and vociferous critic of untested truth-claims -- Shermer has drawn the ire of colleagues and admirers alike with his quixotic missive of mollification to moderates of religion. Renowned Skeptic Michael Shermer: Deist or Just Disingenuous?
• I applaude you I think you are doinga marvellous job quixotic replied to Sam AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
• As quixotic ventures go, the symphony has turned out well. Times, Sunday Times
• The Singapore-born Tan, better known as a fortepianist, brought an entirely new, quixotic beauty to bear. Philip Glass Ensemble: the Qatsi trilogy; BBCSO/Volkov; Melvyn Tan; T'ang Quartet; Bo Skovhus; Montreal SO/Nagano; Llyr William; Ten Plagues – review
• Poincare has certainly no interest in currying the favor of these quixotic upholders of a forlorn hope. The Case for France