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Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought
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"Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that that was my real life. Steve was definitely more ambitious than I"

- Eydie Gorme

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This quote by Eydie Gorme speaks to the idea that marital relationship and kids can change a person's ambitions and goals. Prior to getting married, Gorme had a lot of aspiration and drive, but once she got married and started having children, she felt that her reality remained in being an other half and mother. She likewise acknowledges that her partner, Steve, was more ambitious than she was. This quote speaks to the idea that marriage and children can be a significant life modification, and that it can affect an individual's ambitions and objectives. It also speaks to the idea that aspiration is not always a shared characteristic between spouses, which one partner may be more ambitious than the other.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Eydie Gorme between August 16, 1931 and August 10, 2013. She was a famous Musician from USA. The author also have 19 other quotes.

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