Yet isn't it all—all of it, every single episode and detail of the Clinton saga—exactly like that? And isn't some of it a little bit more serious? For Sen. Clinton, something is true if it validates the myth of her striving and her 'greatness' (her overweening ambition in other words) and only ceases to be true when it no longer serves that limitless purpose. And we are all supposed to applaud the skill and the bare-faced bravado with which this is done. In the New Hampshire primary in 1992, she knowingly lied about her husband's uncontainable sex life and put him eternally in her debt. This is now thought of, and referred to in print, purely as a smart move on her part. In the Iowa caucuses of 2008, he returns the favor by telling a huge lie about his own record on the war in Iraq, falsely asserting that he was opposed to the intervention from the very start. This is thought of, and referred to in print, as purely a tactical mistake on his part: trying too hard to help the spouse. The happy couple has now united on an equally mendacious account of what they thought about Iraq and when they thought it. What would it take to break this cheap little spell and make us wake up and inquire what on earth we are doing when we make the Clinton family drama—yet again—a central part of our own politics?
Christopher HitchensMots clés politics greatness lies ambition sex united-states expediency iraq 2008 iraq-war new-hampshire bill-clinton iowa 1992 hillary-clinton united-states-elections-2008 iowa-caucuses new-hampshire-primary self-promotion
I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.
Carl SandburgMots clés writing ambition writer career
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…and they limp and halt, they’re all wrinkled, drawn, they squint to the side, can’t look you in the eyes, and always bent on duty, trudging after Ruin, maddening, blinding Ruin. But Ruin is strong and swift—She outstrips them all by far, stealing a march, leaping over the whole wide earth to bring mankind to grief.
HomerMots clés ambition classics grief greece ruin
More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought.
Hyman G. RickoverMots clés ambition rules ability
If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
Carl von ClausewitzMots clés ambition leadership audacity
Grab it while you can because tomorrow could suck you dry.
Nora RobertsMots clés life ambition lifestyle
People need not fear the unknown if they have a capable of achieving what they need and what
Paulo CoelhoMots clés fear inspiration ambition
It's a shame that we humans are never able to pull in the same direction . . . [n]ot even when confronted by infinity.
Gentry LeeMots clés ambition selfishness deceit rama
Relinquish! What! my vocation? My great work? My foundation laid on earth for a mansion in heaven? My hopes of being numbered in the band who have merged all ambitions in the glorious one of bettering their race - of carrying knowledge into the realms of ignorance - of substituting peace for war - freedom for bondage - religion for superstition - the hope of heaven for the fear of hell? Must I relinquish that? It is dearer than the blood in my veins. It is what I have to look forward to, and to live for.
Charlotte BrontëMots clés ambition goals-in-life
The biggest changes in a women's nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition
Rabindranath TagoreMots clés life truth love ambition human-nature
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