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I've always wanted to be somebody. But I see now I should have been more specific.

Lily Tomlin

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The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

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Wagner, Jane. "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe." Performed by Lily Tomlin. 1985, Plymouth Theater, New York City, NY, USA.

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Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in Letters of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell

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Johnson, Samuel. Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds. 17 July 1771.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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Virtue is choked with foul ambition.

William Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part 2

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Shakespeare, William. Henry the Sixth, Part 2. London: Thomas Millington, 1594, act 3, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Second Part of Henry the Sixth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 1.

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I like when a woman has ambition. It's like seeing a dog wearing clothes.

Jack Donaghy

30 Rock

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"Secrets and Lies." 30 Rock, written by Tina Fey and Ron Weiner, directed by Michael Engler, season 2, episode 8, Broadway Video and Little Stranger, 2007.

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Jesse, you asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I'm in the empire business.

Walter White

Breaking Bad

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"Buyout." Breaking Bad, written by Vince Gilligan and Gennifer Hutchison, directed by Colin Bucksey, season 5, episode 6, High Bridge Productions and Gran Via Productions, 2012.

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I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I am not throwing away my shot.

Alexander Hamilton

Quoted in Hamilton, by Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Miranda, Lin-Manuel. "My Shot." Hamilton. Performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, and Leslie Odom, Jr. 2015, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, NY, USA, act 1.

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Lowliness is young ambition’s ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;
But, when he once attains the upmost round,
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees
By which he did ascend.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

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Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

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I was really going to be something by the age of 23.

Reality Bites

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Reality Bites. Directed by Ben Stiller, Jersey Films, 1994.

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Okay, here's the story. I come from the gutter. I know that. I got no education, but that's okay. I know the street, and I'm making all the right connections. With the right woman, there's no stopping me. I could go right to the top.

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

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Smoking marijuana, eating Cheetos, and masturbating do not constitute "plans" in my book.

Walter White

Breaking Bad

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"4 Days Out." Breaking Bad, written by Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin, directed by Michelle MacLaren, season 2, episode 9, High Bridge Productions and Gran Via Productions, 2009.

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Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Edmund Burke

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Burke, Edmund. A Third Letter to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France. London: F. and C. Rivington, 1797.

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Burke, Edmund. Letters on a Regicide Peace." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009, letter 3.

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The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.

Learned Hand

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Hand, Learned. "Class-Day Oration." Commencement. 23 June 1893, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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