Hoping to catch the eye of some deep-pocketed angel investors, the founders of Undrip, a start-up based in San Francisco, have made a two-minute rap video complete, with Teslas and lyrics like, "Ambition doesn't get an intermission".
The company was not impressed: such tales from its past do not fit well with a global, family-friendly entertainment brand that has Disney-like ambitions.
When Nijinska moved on, Blum once again courted Balanchine, but the ballet master had already been spirited to New York by Lincoln Kirstein, who had his own Diaghilev-like ambitions.
Putting Vimeo into theaters may make it sound like the company has Netflix-like ambitions (Netflix moved into feature films, including those aired in theaters, last fall).
Picasso had nicknamed Georges Braque "Wilbur," thereby becoming "Orville" in their Wright Brothers-like ambition to get painting off the ground of conventional representation.
If someone of Lowell-like talent and Lowell-like ambition were to come along now, it's not a given that poetry would be his or her No. 1 career choice.
The many years Tanavoli has spent with Heech, and the sheer number of pieces produced with his factory-like ambition, take it beyond the cynicism of its initial protest.
There is no impishness about Spacey's Frank Underwood, just numb, machine-like ambition.
They are more likely to hear ideas like: "ambition is good" or "entrepreneurship keeps you invested in your work life," or "just a small amount of training can have a life-changing impact on your career".
SOME restaurants can make modesty seem like ambition.
Like "ambition", to be demanding is seen as unseemly in a woman but rather sexy in a man.
