Sentence examples similar to driven by dark ambitions from inspiring English sources

Though he was driven by ambition, his ambition was to serve the cause of the poor and the peasants, and, if he turned toward Maximilien de Robespierre, the most pitiless of the revolutionaries, it was from conviction.

Supporters and critics alike describe him as a talented, complex man still driven by his great ambitions--ambitions he has long acknowledged: To be mayor.

The release of Frost/Nixon, the Ron Howard film version of British screenwriter Peter Morgan's stage play, offers yet another chance to explore our obsession with this man who, for many, functions as America's Satan: that brooding dark angel driven by his overpowering ambition.

It is typical of China's many fast-emerging cities, driven by the big ambitions of local governments.

Mr. Espada accused Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of "conducting a witch hunt driven by his political ambitions".

They can't be persuaded, that they're extremists, driven by a dark vision.

Even the Federal Reserve Chairman conceded that invading Iraq was driven by ambitions to capture middle east oil resources.

He is not driven by materialist ambition.

Blood on the carpet after boardroom coups – often driven by personal ambition rather than shareholder value?

But several associates described him as a man driven by boundless ambition.

The film rights have already been snapped up by Hollywood, and this otherwise shy Minnesotan is now clearly driven by serious ambition.