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    my ambition

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    Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. Salvador Dali actually ‚ i wanted to become a doc. since i was 4 years old.my grandfather was a landlord. i always used to ask him `when i become a doc. will u give me some of your land to construct my clinic?` he used to smile and say`why not dear.` then i would say `grandpa then i will certainly treat you after i become a doc. and i will not charge you a single penny` and he used to enjoy this childish talk with me.however i and my grandpa

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    Towering Ambitions

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    Towering ambitions Transforming high rise housing into sustainable homes Towering ambitions: Transforming high rise housing into sustainable homes By Hannah Kyrke-Smith Green Alliance Green Alliance is a charity and independent think tank focused on ambitious leadership for the environment. Green Alliance is a charity and independent think tank focused on ambitious leadership for the environment. We have a track record of over 30 years‚ working with the most influential leaders from the NGO‚ business

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    Ambition in Life

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    Ambition is a strong desire to achieve something in life. A person without any ambition is like a boat without rudder. Having an ambition needs continuous efforts towards achieving it. One cannot achieve anything if one just day dreams and does nothing. A strong will-power and determination will carry a person forward against all obstacles. Different people have different ambitions. Some aim to become teachers‚ soldiers‚ artists‚ politicians‚ doctors‚ engineers etc. Some try to amass wealth and

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    My Ambition

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    "Every one of you should have an ambition in life. Once you have got one‚ build a strong base and work your way to that ambition‚" lectured Mrs. Johnson as she walked back and forth in the front of the room. I could hear a faint snore in the back of the room. Everyone was watching the clock tick towards the end of the period. She just went on and on about setting goals. I t was boring beyond reason. I have already heard all this junk in my past years of school. Even watching a fly sounded much more

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    Macbeth Ambition

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    Ambition can lead to committing great accomplishments as well as immoral acts. However‚ often times these acts change one’s desires and lead people in temptation and to their own corruption. This is evident in the play‚ The Tragedy Of Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ where he explains how certain events can lead to consequences of ambition. A Scottish lord‚ Macbeth‚ who was once honored by his bravery had a drastic turn of events and is now gullible tyrant. This occurred after an encounter

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    acknowledge the trouble‚ grasp it and to embrace our humanism. In Doctor FaustusFaustus is a symbol of that humanism‚ and his quest for power is a symbol of the trouble every story encounters. Doctor Faustus is a perfect example of how doom can bring‚ to the moral consciene‚ a happy ending. In order to understand the need for a happy ending‚ one must first understand the misfourtune. The play begins with Faustus in his study contemplating the greatest source of knowledge. He considers all

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    Ambition - Essay

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    Ambition is the strong desire to achieve something in life. A person without future ambition is like a relationship without trust. Having ambition requires continuous effort towards achieving it. One cannot achieve anything if one just day dreams and does nothing. My greatest ambition is to attend medical school‚ and become a doctor. I was inspired by my grandmother‚ as well as‚ the great passion I have in helping others. Seeing the person that one loves in agony is hard‚ but not being able

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    career ambitions

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    Career ambition This misconception ambition is the first thing you may crashing in front of the eyes of many of us when he finds himself after graduation without a job or is suffering even find any work by plugging breath livelihood and then thought one of us that has stabilized and is believed to function is always from eight o’clock to the second half in the public sector and others in the private sector and then interrupted it relates to his work every day so even comes last month arrested for

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    Ambition Essay

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    Ambition is not so much the desire to achieve‚ but the action or method of getting to that desire‚ without the action it is merely a dream. When an individual speaks about ambition there is a straight idea of positivity embedded into it. Carol Anne Duffy’s education for leisure and Shakespeare’s Macbeth both have a very strong link to ambition and power‚ but they are by no means positive ambitions. In this essay I am going to analyse and compare the two piece of text. The poem ’Education for Leisure’

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    Ambition In Macbeth

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    death of King Duncan. The play‚ Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare suggests that people are driven by ambition and the need for power; however‚ the characters are blinded by consequences that lead to unfortunate events. Lady Macbeth is sent a letter by Macbeth explaining the prophecies of the three witches. “Yet do I fear thy nature… Thou wouldst be great‚ art that not without ambition but without the illness should attend it” (1.5). In other words‚ lady Macbeth knows her husband is

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