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“Ambition, in one respect, is like a singer's voice; pitched at too high a key, it breaks and comes to nothing.”

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Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.”

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Author:Lily Cole

“It has always been my ambition to die in harness with my head face down on a keyboard and my nose caught between two of the keys.”

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Book:It's Been a Good Life

Source: It's Been a Good Life

“To all my gentle readers who have treated me with love for over 30 years, I must say farewell. It has always been my ambition to die in harness with my head face down on a keyboard and my nose caught between two of the keys, but that's not the way it worked out. I have had a long and happy life and I have no complaints about the ending, thereof, and so farewell - farewell.”

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Author:Isaac Asimov

“Stop wishing & start doing! Your lack of effort won't affect a true hustlers ambition. Perseverance through adversity is key.”

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Author:Behdad Sami

“Religion appears in so many contexts in WW1. Religion shaped the national identities and ambitions of several of the key players, especially Germany and Russia, both of which defined themselves as messianic nations. In both countries too, secular elites delved deeply into apocalyptic and prophetic ideas, giving their nations a millenarian bent.”

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Author:Philip Jenkins

“High expectations are the key to everything.”

“I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more.”

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Author:Nick Clegg

“I got my degree. More importantly, I got a key to American opportunity. That's who we are - a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity. Where hard work can lead to success, no matter where you start.”

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Author:Eva Longoria