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“There is that within a man that drives him ever onwards, just as the power of the seasons drives the roots of flowers into the hard earth; and so he decided, against his better judgment, to open his eyes and find out what was going to happen to him next.”

Men Hard Happens Eye Earth Hope Next Flower Ambition Judgment Roots Decided Seasons His Eyes

Author:Tom Holt

“Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly the idea came first.”

Writing Trying Firsts Long Ideas Enough Novel Ambition Decided Working It Screenwriting

Book:The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

Source: The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

“But I am happy. And happiness, I have decided, is a noble ambition.”

Ambition Decided Noble

Author:Seth Grahame-Smith

“I decided on a vision. I think I maybe join Toyota at the midpoint of a project, whose long-term goal is winning world championships. Also I have my big ambition, the drivers' world championship. That is not abandoned - entirely the opposite. I am young enough and motivated enough to make a new start in order to reach this goal.”

“If people would forget about utopia! When rationalism destroyed heaven and decided to set it up here on earth, that most terrible of all goals entered human ambition. It was clear there'd be no end to what people would be made to suffer for it.”

People Ifs Humans Made Ends Would Be Earth Suffering Heaven Goal Forget Clear Terrible Ambition Decided Destroyed Utopia Rationalism

Book:Burger's Daughter

Source: Burger's Daughter

“It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to which money could be applied so productive of good to girls and boys who have good within them and ability and ambition to develop it as the founding of a public library.”

Use Girl My Own Ability Boys Ambition Decided Library Productive Founding Boy And Girl Public Library

Book:Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie: Top Biography

Source: Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie: Top Biography