Quotes About Aspiration

It's kind of embarrassing, but in my early 20s, I used to want to be a princess. But I didn't want to have to marry somebody in order to do it!

Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess.

From baby time to now, I wanted to be a Disney princess, and then I wanted to be a singer or an actress.

It all started when I was 4. I was watching a lot of 'The Little Mermaid,' and I loved that movie. I was going around the house singing - I wanted to be on Disney and everything; I wanted to be a princess.

When you're a little girl, you kind of gravitate towards all of the princesses and things.

Ever since I discovered this place, it was always my dream to do a 'princess' photoshoot here at Chowmahalla Palace.

I never wanted to nap. I was always mature for my age. I wanted to put on a dress and look cute. Everyone else can nap, but I'm going to be a princess over here!

I went to Princeton High School when I was very serious about being an artist.

You know I went to the Hunt Schools, a boarding school in Princeton, and I've heard so many Rhodes scholars have gone to the Ivys.

I was on a path. I was going to become a principal dancer. I never let my mind rest.

When I became a principal at the Royal Ballet it was my childhood goal, a dream and I became it at 19. And then I said 'what's next?' and I set myself a different goal at 19 to become an actor.

I admire Ai Weiwei for his art and his activism. His art is beautiful in form, and in function embodies the principles of populism and social consciousness I aspire to in my own practice.

I started small with commercials and print.

I am an actress largely in my living room in Clapham Junction! We have the Hollywood sign printed on the wall, though!

I knew from the start that I wanted my life to be about music. I taught myself the notes of the piano aged three, and then I spent the next few years deconstructing chords to figure out how to play them. At 11, I researched online the sort of music school I wanted to attend, printed out the details, and handed them to my parents.

When I wanted a job at Christian Louboutin, I literally printed the entrance of the store I wanted to work at on my wall and looked at it in the morning before I got up and went to work at Children's Shoes.

Prior to having my first child, I had a huge ambition to go into movies and TV.

I always wanted to be a musician from when I was kid. It was always a massive dream of mine. School was also really really important to me and having an education was top of my priority. So I really wanted to have a degree before I tried anything in the music industry.

When my father was assassinated, I decided that I would not compete with his memory, but the priority would be to achieve his dream.

When I was young, basketball wasn't my No. 1 priority.

I could buy an island. I could buy a private jet - but I have NetJets.

People at school knew I sang and that this was what I was gonna do, but I was pretty private and low-key.

I never wrote. I also never really thought about being an actor. But when it was time to go to high school, we couldn't afford private school, so I tried out for all the special schools in New York.

I would like to go back to the private sector at some point.