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• n  a cherished desire
  his ambition is to own his own business
• n  a strong drive for success
• v  have as one's ambition

• Ambition: Why Some People Are Most Likely To Succeed (Cover: Behavior) A fire in the belly doesn't light itself.
• But the purest form of ambition is political ambition, because it represents a desire to rule over other people.
• Anyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk or a headstrong toddler starting to .

• aspiration
• dream
• ambitiousness

News & Articles

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• Is Apple's Beautiful iOS 7 Design Primed For Fall Crisis?
  Jony Ive's new iOS designs for the iPhone are beautiful. He deserves success for his ambition alone: ?True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absences of clutter or ornamentation. It?s about bringing order to complexity.?
  June 12, 2013 - Forbes
• Camille Paglia Pens Love Letter to Joan Rivers, 'Iconic Feminist Role Model'
  The author says her "caustic voice, relentless energy and driving ambition" make the legendary comic and TV mainstay an enduring force of nature. read more
  June 12, 2013 - The Hollywood Reporter
• The Civil Wars Release New Song, 'The One That Got Away'
  The Civil Wars announced a hiatus last November due to "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition," but that hasn't stopped the duo...
  June 12, 2013 - Billboard

Quotes

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• Harry Reid in Washington Post
  Senator Byrd's ambition was legendary,said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., recalling how shortly after he first took his oath of office on January 3, 1959, the same day Alaska became a state, he told a local newspaper that he...
• Giancarlo Fisichella in UK Express
  Fisichella, who made 224 starts in a 13-year career, said: "It is true that it has always been an ambition to do this, and for Vijay to have allowed it to become a reality is very generous."
• Gordon Brown in New York Times
  International support depends on the scale of his ambition and the degree of his achievement in five key areas: security, governance, reconciliation, economic development and engagement with Afghanistan's neighbors,Mr. Brown said.