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"Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable."
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"Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total klutz."She smirked. "A job, eh?" Making things in your forge?""Nah, we could start our own shop," Leo said, surprising himself. Starting a machine shop had always been one of his dreams, but he'd never told anyone about it. "Leo and Calypso's Garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters."

"There is nothing wrong with wanting more. There is no reason why you should n't get everything you want from life."

"To wait at Monte Cristo for the purpose of watching like a dragon over the almost incalculable richs that had thus fallen into his possession satisfied not the cravings of his heart, which yearned to return to dwell among mankind, and to assume the rank, power, and influence which are always accorded to wealth - that first and greatest of all the forces within the grasp of man."

"In order to have success, you have to concentrate on your goals."

"It is never late, pursuit your ambitions."

"The life you wish you had will come by working like you never have."

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

"An ambitious amateur will rise above a complacent master."
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"I could not at any age be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never for whatever reason turn his back on life."

"The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe."

"In the long run we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."

"Criticism ... makes very little dent upon me unless I think there is some real justification and something should be done."

"Our children must learnto face full responsibility for their actions, to make their own choices and cope with the resultsthe whole democratic systemdepends upon it. For our system is founded on self-government, which is untenable if the individuals who make up the system are unable to govern themselves."
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