Quotes About Ambition

There's a common misconception about running for office. People think it's dreadful, morally compromising work. But I've found the opposite is true. It made a better person and a better feminist. It forced me to take a hard look at my shortcomings.

In L.A., every day, I see people taking other people's jobs, and they don't care whether that person is married and has two kids. People have no morals here.

I wasn't a kid who wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a doctor. I was kind of morbid. I was really into the body and how it could go wrong. I wanted to dig up bodies from the graveyard.

I never lose touch. If you let me tell it, I'll tell you I never got my just due and my respect for being one of the greats in hip-hop, and because of that, the fire never burned out. There's more and more of a need for me to succeed or take the legacy a step further, and that's what it is.

When I got the appetite for more and more theatre, all I could think of was trying to get back to New York.

I don't speak English, so I cannot foresee a career in Hollywood. But I do see myself more and more as an actress rather than a dancer.

I'd like to think that every job and every step I've taken progressed more and more toward the career that I've wanted to have.

How does it feel? Really, I don't know because I never try to feel more or less than any player in Leverkusen or Mexico. I don't feel like I'm more famous than other players; I'm just one more footballer who wants to achieve their dreams and to try to help their team as much as they can to do that.

More or less, I am always saying, 'Give me more. Let's do what has not been done.'

As you reach more people, there is a potential to make a living with what you are creating, and that's the goal.

The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.

My main goal is to be the No. 1 American and the No. 1 player in the world. If an American is on top of the leader board every week, it will bring more people into the game of golf.

I wanted more people from my city to be able to have the kind of opportunity that I had.

I mean, I would always like to play bigger places and play for more people.

Bigger shows, songs on the radio, more people aware of what I'm doing... all that, I'm ready!

There are always more people to prove wrong.

The people that you see winning in life are just knocking on more doors. They're just sending more messages. They're just sending more resumes. They're just calling more people. That is what makes you win.

The more you achieve, the more people want.

The minute you have a little bit of success, you think: 'I can do more and I can reach more people.' So as I've achieved more, I've become way more focused.

If you can write and create original characters, do your own show, develop your own material, it gives you more power than just waiting around to be hired.

You always expect to hit for more power.

I hate losing more than anything. I think losing is something that drives me.

I always wanted to play festivals more than anything in Scotland.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.