Sentence examples for subject of ambition from inspiring English sources

Holbrooke insists that he would be perfectly happy if this were his last job in the government, and when I raised the subject of ambition, he bristled.

In "The Bloom Is Off the Robe" (column, Dec. 13), Maureen Dowd gets it right when she portrays the justices of the Supreme Court as subject to "ambition, partisanship, political debts and revenge".

Trailed by a large contingent of reporters and television cameras, Mr. Giuliani said he was here only to raise money and to campaign for other Republicans, and he did not raise the subject of any presidential ambitions on his own.

Here, for instance, is Naipaul on the subject of his early ambitions: "The wish to be a writer didn't go with a wish or a need actually to write.

She subjects her vivid tale of ambition and longing to a tidy conclusion that leaves no psychological stone unturned.

On the subject of Iran's nuclear ambitions, General Petraeus offered an endorsement of the White House's tactics.

"Frances Ha" is built of the stuff of classic-modern ultra-low-budget independent films (such as Joe Swanberg's "Hannah Takes the Stairs," Gerwig's first great showcase), the essential subject of which is the ambitions and frustrations of young liberal-arts and creative types whose work and lives tensely intermingle.

It's fascinating that Republican House Speaker John Boehner's first act since the State of the Union is to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress on the subject of Iran's nuclear ambitions.

On the subject of her own political ambitions, Mrs Clinton told the BBC that she was looking forward to becoming a grandmother later this year, and that she was "not ready" for the "24/7" intensity of a presidential campaign.

Fascinating that Mr Boehner's first act since the State of the Union is to invite Mr Netanyahu to address Congress on the subject of Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Osnos — who was up against his New Yorker colleagues John Lahr and Roz Chast in the nonfiction category — acknowledged the courage of the Chinese subjects he wrote about in "Age of Ambition," who shared their stories despite the fact that "they live in a place where it's very dangerous to be honest, and to be vulnerable".