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ambition kids want
But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do. Sam Donaldson
ambition order chance
I sought excitement and, taking chances, I was all ready to fail in order to achieve something large. Raymond Loewy
ambition looks coats
Some women make it look so easy, the way they cast ambition off like an expensive coat that no longer fits. Jenny Offill
ambition government people
A constitution founded on these principles introduces knowledge among the people, and inspires them with a conscious dignity becoming freemen; a general emulation takes place, which causes good humor, sociability, good manners, and good morals to be general. That elevation of sentiment inspired by such a government, makes the common people brave and enterprising. That ambition which is inspired by it makes them sober, industrious, and frugal. John Adams
ambition
Ambition is the death of thought. Ludwig Wittgenstein
ambition oil water
I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive. Octavia Butler
ambition world humans
We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition! Jules Verne
ambition successful independence
Object to merit and distinction, and you're setting your face against quality, independence, originality, genius against all the richness and variety of life. When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help. Margaret Thatcher
ambition self interesting
I don't find myself interesting as a person and the details I find boring, quite frankly. You could sum it up in a few words or sentences really: came from nothing. Self-educated. Luck. Energy. Curiosity. Ambition. That's it. Nothing at all can illuminate the work as far as I can tell. Peter Ackroyd
passion giving world
I'm very passionate about charity... Performing is my passion. But it's not gonna change the world. That's why I give back. Demi Lovato
passion human-nature reason
Irrational passions would seem to be as much a part of human nature as is reason. Aristotle
passion different projects
The projects I'm working on are all diverse, but each represents a different passion for me. I'm constantly looking to stretch myself. Angie Martinez
passion men creation-of-man
We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread between him and its darkness, in which were joined in a subdued measure, the stability and insensibility of the earth, and the passion and perishing of mankind. John Ruskin
passion skills experience
Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. John Ruskin
passion important
Nothing is as important as passion. Jon Bon Jovi
passion nervous crime
Crime is to the passions what nervous fluid is to life: it sustains them, it supplies their strength. Marquis de Sade
passion desire needs
Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love. Philippa Gregory
passion men sweat
I wanted the heat and the sweat and the passion of a man that I could love and trust. And I wanted to give myself to him: not for advantage, but for desire. Philippa Gregory
self self-destruction destruction
destruction is ultimately self-destruction. Anais Nin
self world monsters
Worlds self made are so full of monsters and demons. Anais Nin
self people stories
You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificating if they tell the story. Ann Beattie
self people transformation
I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation. Susan Sontag
self might pay
The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business. Roger Rosenblatt
self monsters persons
Anytime you make a person into something other than himself, you make a monster. Roger Rosenblatt
self comforting deception
Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves. Russ Roberts
self people inspire
Nobody in a leadership level in American politics is trying to inspire the American people. Everybody needs to be goosed. The vast majority of people are not self-starters. Rush Limbaugh
self imagination long
As long as I continue to take myself seriously, how can I consider myself a saint? How can I consider myself a contemplative? For the self I bother about does not really exist, never will, never did except in my own imagination. Thomas Merton