Sentences with phrase «go of that ambition»

Was it hard to let go of that ambition or was it just a cover for what you really wanted to do — write fiction?

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While many of the space industry's heavyweights — Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic — spent 2016 talking up their respective ambitions to go to Mars or build a space tourism business, Moon Express might be the company closest to getting humans to a place they haven't visited in 44 years.

Of course, strong leadership also often goes hand in hand with bold ambition: Polman took a big risk by declaring his — to double the company's size even while reducing its environmental footprint and increasing its positive social impact.

The European Union is facing the problems that were always certain to arise because its raison d'etre was an aggregation of ambitions that it was never going to be possible to cause all western and central Europe to embrace.

Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing's Defense, Space and Security division, boiled down the aerospace manufacturer's astronomical ambitions at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday: «We're building the largest rocket that's going to take us to Mars.»

Sorting out your personal money situation isn't necessarily about aiming for great wealth or financial independence (though go for it, if that's your goal), it's also a great way to take control of your time, your career, and your ambitions — all while reducing your day - to - day anxiety.

«I wouldn't say we see a huge risk of those funds going away, but (this is) a time when we're trying to raise the ambition,» Gates said.

Ohanian admits that returning full - time at his venture capital firm Initialized Capital was a challenge because of the extra planning and focus that goes into balancing career ambitions with his duties as a parent.

If you look more like the parent of someone about to go to the prom rather than the kid in the rented tux, are your chances of finding support for your entrepreneurial ambitions lessened?

Out of the box thinking skills, creativity, and ambition are all qualities that may not be listed out right on a resume, but they are nevertheless important to possess if a candidate is going to fit the mold.

Jay Jay French, Twisted Sister's guitarist and founder, went through dozens of members in search of the perfect tandem of talent, ambition, and personalities.

The likelihood that things won't go your way and that you will encounter multiple points of failure is high, so it's only people with an extraordinary sense of ambition who will run through those walls and figure it out.

In his new series Action and Ambition, your host Andrew Medal goes behind the scenes to learn the backstories, mindsets, and actions of the world's most ambitious people.

So with no money but lots of ambition they decided not only were they going to start a popcorn company but it was going to be a huge success.

Since many Americans go out with people they don't know very well, it's common to ask plenty of questions — about one's background, education, ambitions, etc. — to get to know each other.

Sinister ambitions of governments and multinational corporations aside, you should also worry about the threat of bugs and hackers going after smart speakers.

In accordance with his campaign promises on the issue of trade, Trump's already starting to go after China for both its trade policies that hurt American workers and its geopolitical ambitions.

The ambitions of a Melbourne - based bitcoin mining pool, Bitcoin Group, to go public has have have been put on hold by the country's regulators.

Musk has a way to go before he can say he's fulfilled many of those ambitions, but this year he's accomplished some considerable feats in pursuit of those goals.

Committing yourself to becoming an entrepreneur is a huge step, but unless you are motivated, all of those ambitions are not going to amount to much.

While you might be thinking you'd love to work from home in your pajamas in front of the TV, the study goes on further to show that telecommuters put in longer hours and have more ambition.

Hardly a day goes by that I don't get a letter from at least one and often several letters of someone saved from ambition and success.

As the years went on, Richard seemed to grow ever more knowledgeable, poised, intellectually many - sided, and well informed about the vast array of conflicts, arguments, clashing ambitions, and hidden purposes that mark our national civic life.

sure gay is wrong abortion is wrong but i am still in my seat rolling my eyes at the liberals who are hot and bothered about their freedoms but when the man, the capitolist tells us he's trying to get us jobs i scream that i don't want it i am out of my seat i am throwing things i got my dignity ambition i am not going to take it i am revolutionary america

He will enter with delight into the thoughts and ambitions of generations gone and will rejoice to find in deeds long passed the spring of all that happens among us.

His ambition was such that he was going to have spectacular growth on his watch, no matter whom he had to cut deals with — even if that meant the Chamber of Commerce and Ford Motor, as opposed to the supporters of the neoclassical synthesis who made up his Council of Economics Advisors.

Either we are willing to LET GO of our own ways, desires, lusts, ambitions, instincts, thoughts and trade that in for A LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS and HIS HOLINESS or we are willing to LET GO of His Holiness, His Salvation, His Sacrifice, HIs Redemption, His Sanction to continue on in our own way, our own lives, our own thoughts, our own lusts, our own ambitions.

A man who uses the name of Jesus to advance his own ambitions is going to have a lot to answer for someday.

Unlike China, India can only go so far in creating a «business - friendly climate» — the very limited ambition of many politicians today.

This is much to be regretted, not for any reasons of personal ambition, which I abjure completely, but because in the cause of postpartisanship (if not postmodernism) I believe a participant from the Culture 11 group (may it rest in peace) would add immeasurably to the depth of the dialogue going on within the administration, mixing it up with the likes of Susan Rice and Samantha Power (reminding them there was a free election in Iraq on Saturday), or with Lawrence Summers (recalling to him, since he failed so conspicuously in stimulating the women at Harvard, how one might do better with the economy).

Speaking of what the Institute of Islamic Studies here regards as the inadequacy of a doctorate's only applying the form of the latter to the substance of the former, the memorandum goes on to say: «Its ambition would be to encompass something of the substance of both Western and Islamic traditions, and also something of the form of both....

I always have the best intentions of making the gorgeous recipes you post, then I lose my cooking ambition or I'm stuck working 12 hour days or I don't have the energy to go shopping and end up eating cold cereal.

So, it remains appropriate that as the hologram marks more than 70 years since its invention, the technology remains as pertinent as ever, continuing to go from strength - to - strength as an effective packaging device, demonstrating the highest standards of visual appeal, quality, creativity and technical ambition.

Sanchez is clearly a winner, but like all top players if the ambition of the team doesn't match their ambition they will go to other teams.

If we let him go that will say a lot about the ambitions of the club.

It saddens me when our rivals are so fast to hijack out targets, but we never even try hijack theirs (coz we know with our penny pinching & lack of ambition will make good players accept the rivals), of the 6 top teams in England, which club is going after the Nigerian kid we are after?

-- Higuain is going to Juventus who have ambitions of dominating Europe.

Alexis Sanchez need to go to club with a more ambition unlike arsenal, cos he is a winner and he needs to win more trophy, he scored 30 goals last season yet arsenal couldn't make top 4, that's to tell u a tree can't make up a forest but till now what has Wenger done to improve the squad to convince Sanchez to stay?nothing, and u expect him to stay with those players who don't have winning mentality and a coach that lacks ambition, Sanchez don't need money what he need is quality players...... my gunners fans all over the world let's be truthful to ourselves, how many of us will still remain in arsenal fc if we were Sanchez, with arsenal transfer activities so far in mind?

It doesn't seem Lyon will now let go of Lacazette for les than 60 million Euro (understandably so) and Icardi seems also out of the question with all the money Inter have and their ambitions.

What's the point on going into a competition with no ambition of winning that competition anyway?

But being the only team in serious football not to sign an outfield player and then missing the title because our striker goes missing for a long stretch of games underlined the poor judgement and lack of ambition.

There goes a statement that lacked any sort of ambition.

The first centered on the rumors of what had happened to him: a) he was suffering from burnout, hardly uncommon at Yale, where stress, expectation and ambition sometimes alchemized to disastrous effect; b) he had gone to Europe in pursuit of a love interest or a band («We heard he was roadying for Smashing Pumpkins,» says teammate Josh Woodruff); c) in a bit of typical college overreaching, others theorized that the country had just sworn in the first Democratic president (Bill Clinton) since we were in the fourth grade, and Blake's walkabout was a manifestation of a new, free - spirited ethos.

Tell you what will happen «you may already know», we will go on a winning streak and we will retain our Wenger trophy «top 4» and maybe we get the FA cup and then we have most of the fans back on Wenger's board and guess what Wenger will get another 2 seasons contract... Sad but TRUE... I guess we need new fans with ambitions before a new manager...

People talk about lack of ambition from The club Not going for these players they want but the fact that non of the clubs were trying to catch up to / complete with show interest in these players speaks volumes.

It's going to be difficult for any individual to step in and fill the void left behind by an icon like Buffon, but Szczesny may be facing additional competition next season if Juve do indeed have ambitions of signing Meret in the near future.

I felt that was the turning point that goes to show the ambition of the club... Sanchez just took the ball to the centre and wud have shook his head saying «this is the last straw that broke the Carmel's back... AMEN

As for calling him mercenary you can bet that Man U will still show more ambition than us and go after more world class players to show they are ambitious, where Wenger only reacts once we lose a player instead of adding to help keep them.

Wenger need to sign a new forward to cover / replace Giroud will be interesting to see the type of player they get, is it going to be a panic buy showing no ambition or top class 30-40-50 million player showing fans and pundits that we are a force in world football.

«The expectations and ambitions are really big and that's why now we are a little disappointed about the season because we are out of the cups and Chelsea have won the» title with four or five games to go.»