#ambition

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#ambition #controlled #corruption #democratic #democratic system

The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no such ambition. There was nothing I wanted to be. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#ennui #life #life

I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition of mine - anything from a mutated baddy in a comic book action thriller, to a detective. If anything, I'd like Gary Oldman's career: he's the perfect example of it. I've love to have a really broad sweep of characters - to be able to do something edgy, surprising and unfashionable. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#ambition #career #gary-oldman #surprise #dating

Put work into your dreams. ↗

— Lesley D. Nurse

#dreams #intimacy #marriage #dreams

Never give up. It's like breathing - once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever, ever give up. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#desires #dreams #drive #effort #hope

Miss Tick sniffed. 'You could say this advice is priceless,' she said. 'Are you listening?' 'Yes,' said Tiffany. 'Good. Now ... if you trust in yourself ...' 'Yes?' '... and believe in your dreams ...' 'Yes?' '... and follow your star ...' Miss Tick went on. 'Yes?' '... you'll still get beaten by people who spent THEIR time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy. Goodbye. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#dreams

A brick could make everything better for me. Now, if I could only find a way to get my hands on one. But it’s a silly dream, because I don’t have the ambition to get out from under my blanket and go out and grab the very thing I most desire. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#ambition #brick-and-blanket #desire #dream #hope

Ambition is the bridge between reality and living a dream. ↗

— Addoo S. Mukhtar

#dreams

The visions of a healthy brain, Give us pleasure over and again; For this home was done, From the daytime dreams of one. ↗

— Omar Kiam

#to-dream #dreams

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. ↗

— Timothy Leary

#ambition #equal #lack #men #seek