Quotes About Aspiration

My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me, he was still a rock star.

When I sold my first middle-grade novel in 2005, it wasn't that common to put an author photo on the back flap, but 24-year-old Korean-American me insisted. I wanted Asian girls to see my face. And more than that, I wanted them to see what is possible.

For 99.9% of the players there, they are at United because they want to be at United, and it is their dream move. That gives United a little bit of an advantage over other clubs, where some players are maybe there because there was financial pressure for them to be sold.

I want to be a soldier as my father was.

My dad always wanted to be a soldier, but he couldn't be one. When I told him that I would be playing a soldier in J.P. Dutta's film 'Paltan,' he was very excited.

I met children who want to be social workers, lawyers, doctors, community activists and soldiers so they can help their people rise above still difficult economic circumstances.

My sole focus as far back as I can remember was all about my dream to become a singer.

The presidency is, in many ways, America's comment on itself; our collective national costume. In the occupant of our sole nationwide elected office, we see who we think we are, or who we want to be.

We believe in a solid, just, compassionate, hopeful future. That's why I'm in politics. That's why I'm running for president. And that's why I'm going to win!

You dream about getting to be a part of really solid projects.

My ambitions were always to be a solid SPL player.

At the age of seventeen, I decided I would spend my life writing fiction. I didn't know what this entailed, exactly - a room, I supposed. A room and books and paper and solitude.

Every young actor wants this feeling of being the solo lead in a film.

Music for me, it's pretty annoying, because I've never had a successful solo career and it bugs me.

The sad thing is, I never wanted to be Princess Leia - I always wanted to be Han Solo!

When I perform as a solo, I think a lot about what I always wanted to do but have not done yet.

I've always wanted to do a solo project. I've always known I wanted to be a musician.

It'll be really cool to do, like, a solo film, a Firefist movie. I don't know if it would happen.

I don't think a solo album is me. I don't consider my voice to be that kind of a voice. Not that I don't love singing, but Broadway was my original dream. That's what I've always wanted to do.

I always wanted to solo at the church and they didn't ever give it to me. But eventually they did and I froze. But then I killed it.

I never imagined that I would have a successful solo career, let alone one in musical theater.

I've always wanted to be in concert and do a solo show.

I worked after school and Saturdays to save money to take an hour of flying, even though I couldn't solo.

I can't tell you how much I wanted to be Han Solo when I was a teenager.