Results for “Ambition”

… sort of enlightenment, delivered only after painful years of carbon-crushing intellectual intensity, expressed a clear ambition: To learn to feel through invisible relations and balances and to construct something promising and hopeful on the other side. Nan’s long sessions of m...

…uch she hated me," the doctor said tranquilly. I tried not to cry, but I cried. Like I said: soap opera territory. Mr. Ambition never let go of my hand. te ok ok Mr. Ambition visited me in the hospital for hours every day. He brought me all kinds of awesome vegan smoothies. He...

…I didn't rely on him to bring it to a close. After a while, I safeworded out, and took a breath to still my tears. Mr. Ambition was quiet again. I was having trouble reading him. There was some energy caught inside him, coiled like a dragon, but I couldn't tell if it was violenc...

…family by rejecting arranged marriage. Her father didn't speak to her for a long, long time. ok oe On my birthday, Mr. Ambition took me out to dinner. Then we went to watch fireflies by the lake. As was inevitable for summer in Chicago, we ran into lots of people we knew. One of...

…me the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel. If the potential payoff is me...

…re was every reason to believe I would end up as an unfortunate, undistinguished exception. This was not due to lack of ambition. In fact, I thought at first of joining the air force. But a question on the application form asked whether I ever suffered from any breathing discomfo...

Sigman’s ambition is to explain the mind so that we can understand ourselves and others more deeply. He

said Mr. Ambition. So we kept going. I cried. He started talking

Mr. Ambition took me out to dinner. Then we went to watch fireflies by

Mr. Ambition brought him up. We were having one of those sweet

argued Mr. Ambition. ""Maybe every time you say

Mr. Ambition sighed in an offhand way. He seemed tired

later: ""Mr. Ambition says he wants me to take him on an

Mr. Ambition mentioned something about enjoying drama. I was with my

you shouldn't tone yourself down!"" said Mr. Ambition. ""It makes you attractive....