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My own ambitions were eclectic. My father ran a steel plant, and I was expected to study metallurgy and end up at the steel plant when I finished high school at age 15. Despite my proficiency at science, I decided against it and instead went on to study filmmaking.

~Anand Mahindra

Topics: Against Age Ambition Decided Despite Eclectic End Expected Father Filmmaking Finished High High School Instead My Own Own Plant Proficiency Ran School Science Steel Study Up Were

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I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him.

~Andre Previn

Topics: Admire Ambition Carter Emulate Endlessly Him

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In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.

~Andrea Bocelli

Topics: Ambition Any Doing Essence Feel Having Myself Objective Right Set Without I Feel

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I probably owe my political dismay to New Labour, but also my growing sense that the satirical shape of human affairs is international and historical, not glued to the tawdry ambitions of a team of politicians who represent nothing but themselves.

~Andrew O'Hagan

Topics: Affairs Also Ambition Dismay Glued Growing Historical Human Human Affairs International Labour New Nothing Owe Political Politicians Represent Satirical Sense Shape Team Themselves Who

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Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.

~Angela Carter

Topics: Ambition Appearance Cover Enterprises Even Himself Incurable Inflexible Most Passions Person Principle Where

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I do think that whatever ambition I may have had natively was amplified by my father's clear valuing of it. I knew that was what my dad really cared about.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: About Ambition Amplified Cared Clear Dad Father Had Knew May Really Think Whatever

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My ambition was just to be able to play guitar.

~Angus Young

Topics: Able Ambition Guitar Just Play

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My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress.

~Anjelica Huston

Topics: Actress After Aggressive Ambition Being Biggest Bored Enough Never Run Strongly

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The failure of women to produce genius of the first rank in most of the supreme forms of human effort has been used to block the way of all women of talent and ambition for intellectual achievement.

~Anna Garlin Spencer

Topics: Achievement All Women Ambition Been Block Effort Failure First Forms Genius Human Intellectual Most Produce Rank Supreme Talent Used Way Women

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Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.

~Anna Held

Topics: Ambition Attained Deserted Due Enough Fact May Me Never Old Old Enough Since Success Whatever Work

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