A Quote by Cat Deeley

In Britain, it's almost as if we're ashamed of having ambition and drive.

Cat Deeley

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Cat Deeley
English - Celebrity
Born: October 23, 1976

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

Ralph Ellison

Companies that succeed are driven by internal ambition. Stock price doesn’t drive them. Ambition and values drive them.

Sumantra Ghoshal

I was told I would not walk and talk as a kid so having the ambition to drive, and the fact that I had to do everything myself, it's helped with me with my strength.

Nicolas Hamilton

Don't be ashamed of the creative urges which drive you. And certainly don't be ashamed of your ego. Hubris is only hubris when it fails. When Hubris pays off, we call these people geniuses.

Kieron Gillen

Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.

Daley Thompson

I came to London during what was called the second British invasion. The music was from Britain, the fashion was from Britain, everything was from Britain, so I knew I had to be in Britain.

Patrick Cox

All my music has always been about positive, having ambition, having goals, having dreams, and believing in yourself.

R-Truth

The philosophy I shared... was one of ambition - ambition to succeed, ambition to grow, ambition to move forward - backed up by hard work.

Frank Lowy

I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What's to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.

J. K. Rowling

What I have in me... it's not hard, and it's not cold, and it's not fierce ambition, that's not what it is. It's a drive [for success], but it's not a drive...it's being driven, it's something I have no control over. It's something pushing me, I'm not pushing myself.

Bette Midler

When I got done at Duke, I almost felt ashamed of it. I almost tried to distance myself from being the Duke guy.

J. J. Redick

I have since often observed, how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is, especially of youth ... that they are not ashamed to sin, and yet are ashamed to repent; not ashamed of the action for which they ought justly to be esteemed fools, but are ashamed of the returning, which only can make them be esteemed wise men.