#aspire

American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

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There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#best #great #grow #integrity #lot

Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They aspire to answer a much broader question-which is how complex organisms like birds, and flowers, and human beings came into existence in the first place. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

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As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

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I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

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We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. ↗

— George Saunders

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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

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My name is a half an hour early, but my body is on time. 
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— Jarod Kintz

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I've run into certain geniuses of individualism - they are very few and far between - who live their lives completely on their own terms; they are very powerful and have a great amount of happiness. We all should aspire to that. ↗

— David Duchovny

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What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#comforts #i #me