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"I think we still believe that ambition is for boys."
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"Your problem is in thinking the sky's the limit. Why set limits?"

"Having this, we want that.Owning some, we want more.Standing here, we wish to be there.If it's impossible, we struggle to make it happen.Why are we like this? Why not be content with some, here, and now? Why is enough not enough? Because humans are ambitious creatures not meant to be idle or fruitless. We strive to learn, to grow, to achieve, to amass; therefore, we will never be content."

"Perfection may be an island out of reach, but setting your sails toward it makes for a magnificent voyage."

"Life is full of limitless opportunities. You ought to seek them."

"Everybody really wanna be the best. I just wanna be a bit better than them."

"The world was in the hands of those who had courage to dream and to realize their dreams."
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"Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create."

"If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you."

"London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other."

"To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an invented language."

"Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world."
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