Ambition is a very dangerous ...

Ambition is a very dangerous thing because either you achieve it and your life ends prematurely, or you don\'t, in which case your life is a constant source of disappointment. You must never have ambition.
Ambition is a very dangerous thing because either you achieve it and your life ends prematurely, or you don't, in which case your life is a constant source of disappointment. You must never have ambition.
 Jeremy Clarkson

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