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• Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

  William Ellery Channing

  Love, Take A Chance, Form

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• Did you ever hear of a man who had striven all his life faithfully and singly towards an object, and in no measure obtained it? If a man constantly aspires, is he not elevated? Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them,--that it was a vain endeavor?

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Trying, Heroism

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.357, Penguin

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• Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.

  Logan Pearsall Smith

  People, Youth, Young

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• I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man.

  DeForest Kelley

  Men, Next

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• With the advent of spring and beginning of the new harvest season the creators of abundance, our peasants, come out to the fields to sow with good aspirations and hopes.

  Islom Karimov

  Spring, Fields, Abundance

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• The questions of philosophy proper are human desires and fears and aspirations - human emotions - taking an intellectual form.

  Chauncey Wright

  Philosophy, Intellectual, Desire

  Chauncey Wright (2003). “Philosphical Discussions”, p.50, A&C Black

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• This Constitution does not reflect the thoughts, hopes and aspirations of ordinary people. It does nothing for jobs or economic growth and widens further still the democratic deficit.

  Nigel Farage

  Jobs, People, Growth

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• You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.

  Thomas Friedman

  Winning, People, Insecurity

  "Read My Lips". "New York Times", June 11, 2002.

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• The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations.

  Tom Wopat

  Education, Country, Rocks

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• My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

  Manuel Puig

  Literature, Tropics

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• Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.

  S. R. Nathan

  Opportunity, Class, People

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• I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones.

  Ed McBain

  Winning, Awards, Musical

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• The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects.

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  Home, Divorce, Equal Treatment

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• Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.126, Lulu.com

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• What we have to do is to find a solution that the interests of the national teams are respecting the interests of the clubs. And also the clubs they shall respect the interests and the aspirations of national teams.

  Sepp Blatter

  Team, Clubs, Interest

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• Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.

  Brian McKnight

  Inspirational, Basketball, Dream

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• As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?

  Hjalmar Branting

  War, Two, Imperfection

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• I look upon myself as a musical bricklayer with architectural aspirations.

  Robert Mayer

  Musical, Looks, Look Up

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• My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university.

  Paul Nurse

  School, Effort, Parent

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• In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.

  Lakhdar Brahimi

  Respect, Moving, Ideas

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• The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal.

  Herbert Croly

  Swag, Democratic Ideals, Achievement

  Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.

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• All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

  Albert Einstein

  Art, Freedom, Science

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.10, Open Road Media

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• I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Mother, Extraordinary Person, People

  Transcript of Obama-Sotomayor announcement, edition.cnn.com. May 26, 2009.

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• The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.

  Theodor Adorno

  Totality, Exclusive

  Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.79, Verso

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• People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.

  John P. Kotter

  People, Leader, Vision

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