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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of
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"I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition"

- Tallulah Bankhead

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Tallulah Bankhead's quote talks to the suggestion of aspiration being a concern. It suggests that passion can be a powerful pressure that can drive a person to achieve great things, but it can additionally provide tension and anxiousness. Bankhead's quote implies that she has actually been so driven by aspiration that it has become a source of suffering for her. She desires to be free of it, recommending that she has pertained to understand that aspiration can be a double-edged sword. The quote likewise indicates that Bankhead has pertained to understand that passion can be a resource of worry and that it is not always necessary to attain success. She has involved the awareness that it is feasible to be material without aspiration which it is possible to discover joy without it.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Tallulah Bankhead between January 31, 1903 and December 12, 1968. She was a famous Actress from USA. The author also have 24 other quotes.

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