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“Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his madness defines him as not fully a person and therefore not a political being with political desires and ambitions. The Praise of Folly, therefore sketches the possibility of a position for the critic of the scene of political rivalry, a position not simply impartial between the rivals but also, by self-definition, off the stage of rivalry altogether.”

Wells Persons Self Political Desire Stage Possibility Position Fool Scene Ambition Claims Madness Praise Critics Definitions Folly Criticize License Rivals Rivalry Reprisal Erasmus

Author:J. M. Coetzee

“Here, I thought, I had found the human race in its final stages of decadence perverse, insouciant, without ambition. And I could not blame them. After all, they had no future.”

Humans Found Race Stage Ambition Blame Finals Human Race Decadence

Author:Michael Moorcock

“I go through stages. Randomly, I'll be attracted to a crazy rocker with tattoos. And I find that I'm extremely attracted to ambition and wit.”

Crazy Stage Ambition Wit Tattoo Rockers

Author:Ashley Greene

“I started, with three friends, this website called Crowdrise that's sort of the Facebook for personal philanthropy, a place where anybody can have a permanent microsite of their own to stage creative fundraising projects for the charities and causes that they care about. And we did it with serious intent but without any ambition.”

Care Three Causes Creative Stage Serious Ambition Projects Charity Permanent Philanthropy Website Fundraising Three Friends

Author:Edward Norton

“We all go through stages. Concerns about appearances, making good impressions, being popular, comparing yourself to others, having unbridled ambition, wanting to make money, striving to be recognized and noticed and trying to establish yourself, all fade as your responsibilities and character grow.”

Trying Character Grows Responsibility Stage Ambition Concern Strive Appearance Impression Making Money Compare Fades Being Popular Comparing Yourself Comparing Yourself To Others

Author:Stephen Covey

“From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That's what I pursued until I was about 20, playing in bands that were taken pretty seriously at that stage.”

Age Young Taken Stage Band Ambition Musician Young Age Pursued

Author:Cillian Murphy

“Hemingway is a baby when he turns up in Paris, but he's an ambitious baby. And he has the talent. And he's there to stage his breakthrough. So many of the expats who were there at that time were there to do precisely that. It was an ambition-fueled town.”

Turns Stage Talent Baby Ambition Towns Paris Ambitious Breakthrough Expats

Author:Lesley M. M. Blume

“I, perhaps, at that stage, had the kind of ambition that others may have had; you know, namely based on the concept that if you were trained the world was out there waiting for you to provide a certain kind of leadership and give you an opportunity. But with the Depression, I began to see that there were certain social forces over which the individual had very little control.”

Ifs Knows World Giving Kind May Littles Certain Opportunity Individual Force Social Waiting Stage Ambition Concepts Waiting For You

Author:Ella Baker

“I think that at a certain stage those early ambitions burn away, partly because you achieve something, you get something done, you get some notoriety. And then the particularities of who you are and what your deepest commitments are begin expressing themselves. You're not just chasing the idea of "me" being important, but you, rather, are chasing a particular passion.”

Thinking Important Ideas Done Certain Passion Achieve Stage Particular Ambition Commitment Who You Are Chasing Notoriety

Author:Barack Obama

“One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.”

Mother Inspiring One Thing Share Stage Ambition Daughter Mothers Day Overpowering

Book:Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk

Source: Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk

“In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs in their arms, I labour by singing light Not for ambition or bread Or the strut and trade of charms On the ivory stages But for the common wages Of their most secret heart. Not for the proud man apart From the raging moon I write On these spindrift pages Nor for the towering dead With their nightingales and psalms But for the lovers, their arms Round the griefs of the ages, Who pay no praise or wages Nor heed my craft or art.”