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The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible. ”
Both parents worshiped individual achievement, but because of the Depression and the war, they never achieved what they wanted and deserved. So their ambition and high expectations were transferred to me. ”
Let me just tell you this, my aim in life is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, that's all I care about. ”
Under my leadership, the government will strive for peace and will not miss an opportunity to bring about regional change. ”
What you make up in your heads sticks if it's good, falls out if it's bad. If we still remember something a day after we made it up, it might be worth building on. ”
I feel like what I'm after is not easy for me to find, and to want it to be easy... it would be absurd for me to have that ambition. ”
I am attracted to characters who are in worlds where they don't belong and who have great ambitions that they imagine will somehow reconcile themselves with the world and make things right. ”
Capote is one of those people who represents something larger than himself. I think that his ambition, his kind of success, and the downfall that followed are very contemporary. ”
A football player at any level must set goals. ”
It's been a constant struggle with my athletic career to identify myself as a child of God and understand that His love is unconditional for us; it's not conditional like fans, or coaches, or even myself. ”