"Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose."

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Source : Wilfred Owen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)”, p.479, Delphi Classics

Wilfred Owen

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“I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Alex McLeish has just had his hands in his head”
“A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness.”

Source : "Social insight rings true 125 years on" by Lee Altenberg, "Nature", vol. 490, p. 487, October 25, 2012.
“I have been asked whether I would agree that the tragedy of the scientist is that he is able to bring about great advances in our knowledge, which mankind may then proceed to use for purposes of destruction. My answer is that this is not the tragedy of the scientist; it is the tragedy of mankind.”
“Land really is the best art.”
“And one of our points of continuing conversation with our trading partners is the urgency of their taking steps to remove barriers to their improved growth performance.”

Source : "Treasury Secretary Snow Optimistic on Economy". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 23, 2005.
“Acting is one of the two things that give me the most joy. The other thing is travelling. Nothing else matters to me.”
“Art has to be, you know, trade itself, conform to the old strict guidelines set forth by how it was going to act in the future.”

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