"There is scarce any passion so heartily decried by moralists and satirists, as AMBITION; and yet, methinks, ambition is not a vice but in a vicious mind: in a virtuous mind it is a virtue, and will be found to take its color from the character in which it is mixed. Ambition is a desire of superiority; and a man may become superior, either by making others less or himself greater."

-- Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

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“I wanted to talk to very young kids about self-image and about being different and how that can be your strength, especially from the immigrant perspective.”
“You don’t have to be part of a club to know Jesus. And you don’t? have to be part of a scene to know Jesus. And you don’t have to be perfect to know Jesus. You don’t even have to be semi-perfect to know Jesus. You just have to be willing, and open, and honest.”
“We must lose what we think we know so that we can come to see what we least expect.”
“I had sacrificed my entire life to play football.”
“I feel virtuous because my soul is at ease.”
“I fear the day technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.”
“I think what everyone can do is start creating spaces and forums, talk to peers, friends and family, and start deconstructing these things we take for granted, unpack these old systems, in order to understand ourselves more deeply, to understand why we do the things we do and how our privileges affect other people's lack of privilege.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“In the 18th century, people began to adopt the radical new idea that love should be the most fundamental reason for marriage and that young people should be free to choose their marriage partners independently.”

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