A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
抱负
Ambition
I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.
我立刻放弃了我的学术抱负，开始全职写小说。
There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing.
没有第二名这种东西。要么你是第一，要么你什么都不是。
I always want to win because I never want to sit out on the sidelines outside.
我总是想赢，因为我从来不想坐在场外袖手旁观。
I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.
我仍然觉得有动力去做伟大的节目，让每一集都很棒。
I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all.
我没有通过流行音乐排行榜统治世界的野心。没有。
Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.
热情是一座火山，山顶上长不出优柔寡断的草。
All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.
所有的罪都源于一种自卑感，也就是所谓的野心。
If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?
如果童年和青春只是虚荣心，难道成人之美不是我们的志向吗?
If you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done.
如果你有足够的决心并愿意付出代价，你就能完成它。
I didn’t know yet that to be a rebel you have to be willing to lose everything.
我还不知道，要成为一个叛逆的人，你必须愿意失去一切。
My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished.
我的注意力从未动摇过;我从不认为这部电影不会拍完。
So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
所以我觉得，好吧，我会赚钱，用这些钱，做我想做的事。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.
没有献身于伟大理想的生活是无用的。就像一块石头，浪费在田野上，不能成为任何建筑物的一部分。
The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.
人生中最重要的事情是争取某种个人和职业上的成就。不是作为一个男人或女人，而是作为一个人。
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
一个发展起来并付诸行动的想法，比仅仅作为一个想法而存在的想法更重要。
When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
当你非常想要某样东西时，你会挤出时间。
A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way.
如果我们要大干一番，就必须确立一个明确的目标。
Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.
不要承担一个项目，除非它是明显重要的，几乎是不可能的。