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"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer
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"Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens."

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"Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader
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"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

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"The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave."

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"Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel."

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"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential."

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"There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer
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"Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds."

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"Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping."

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"I was convinced that the world was in the departure and paging."

Peter Bichsel, Swiss Writer
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