Sentence examples for driven by idealism from inspiring English sources

But it's also driven by idealism and principle.

And many still want to cover Syria, driven by idealism, fame or adventure.

The journalist had become a more glamorous figure, driven by idealism, legitimized personal ambition and a new level of skepticism toward the official story.

For all their business savvy, though, Numero Group seems to be driven by idealism: it is less like a standard reissue label that caters to niche tastes and milks that micro-market, and more like a grand project of sonic reclamation that blends archaeology and anthropology.

Even if initially driven by idealism too, these scientists are shown as being bound by the – economic – interests of their employers.

Whistle-blowers are ordinarily depicted as lone voices of reason, driven by idealism, courageously standing up to lawless bureaucracies, selflessly risking careers to get out the truth.

That kind of spirit is not driven by journalistic idealism alone, but also by intense commercial competition among Chinese newspapers, the vast majority of which, though officially state-owned, no longer receive subsidies.

"If I seem to focus on many of the negative aspects of technology," she writes, "it is in order to bring the debate back to the balanced centre rather than have one driven by utopian idealism or commercialism.

A man driven by ego and idealism — can anyone ever distinguish the two?

We must become again a grassroots social movement driven by the pragmatic idealism of our supporters.

While the first Earth summit was driven by optimism and idealism to save the planet, negotiators at the Rio+20 gathering appear to have appealed instead to baser human instincts: self-survival and profit.