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Ambition is the desire for personal achievement.
Ambition, Ambitions or Ambitious may also refer to:
William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Rick Ross (often stylized as RICK RO$$), is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross, to whom he has no connection. Ross founded the record label Maybach Music Group, on which he released his studio albums Deeper Than Rap and Teflon Don, Ross was also the first artist signed to Diddy's management company Ciroc Entertainment. In early 2012, MTV named Ross as the Hottest MC In The Game.
William Leonard Roberts II was born in Coahoma County, Mississippi. and raised in Carol City, Florida, near Miami. After graduating from Carol City Senior High School, he later attended the historically black college Albany State University on a football scholarship.
After being signed to Suave House Records, former label for rap duo 8Ball & MJG, he eventually signed a deal with Slip-n-Slide Records, which has been under the Def Jam umbrella since 2006. While signed to Slip-n-Slide, Ross toured with fellow rapper Trick Daddy and made guest performances on other Slip-n-Slide albums.
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). His album Get Rich or Die Tryin' has been certified eight times platinum by the RIAA.
Born in the South Jamaica of Queens, New York City, Jackson began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. After leaving drug dealing to pursue a rap career, he was shot at and struck by nine bullets during an incident in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, Jackson was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre, who produced his first major commercial successes, Jackson became one of the world's highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.
Actors: Matthew Krueger (actor), Raibar Chener (producer), Raibar Chener (editor), Raibar Chener (director), Raibar Chener (producer), Pedro Burgerbrau (actor), Angela Coleman (miscellaneous crew), Michael Glasner (actor), Michael Glasner (writer), Michael Glasner (writer), Michael Glasner (producer), Neil D. Short (actor), Mary Beth Hoots (actress), Raed Ali (actor), Carine Lam (actress),
Plot: The Big One is a film about choices. Everyday we are put in situations and we choose to do good, bad, or something in between. Owen Vestri has always done the right thing. He's a nice guy, hard worker, and dedicated student who wants to win his school's business grant. He loses the grant, then his girlfriend, and suddenly something else is put into limbo: his soul. His mind has had enough of failure. Good guys do not finish first and the darkest part of his subconscious knows this. For a while reason and logic prevail but with another brutal and costly semester on the horizon, the dark side begins to take over. At first it is all fun and games for Owen. He never does anything, he just sets things in motion and things go in his favor. People's funny vices are exposed and Owen's stock rises as others fall. Little by little the consequences become greater and he decides it is time to stop. His mind has other plans and wants to keep playing. Can Owen make things right? Can he succeed in a society that is more about profits than it is principles? What is success? Owen needs to figure it out before he goes crazy and crosses a line he can never return to.
Keywords: adventurer, black-and-white, guilt, imaginary-body, independent-film, laughter, social-psychology, teacher, thinking-out-loudActors: Waldemar Young (writer), George Fitzmaurice (director), Richard Barthelmess (actor), Reginald Denny (actor), Kate Bruce (actress), Marjorie Daw (actress), Lilyan Tashman (actress), Louis Wolheim (actor), Frank Evans (actor), Joseph W. Smiley (actor), Barney Furey (actor), Jed Prouty (actor), E.J. Ratcliffe (actor), Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew), John Miltern (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Wallace Bosco (actor), Ernie Collins (actor), Billy Asher (director), Dora Savi (actress), Billy Asher (writer), Dora Savi (writer), Donalda Campbell (actress), Sha Lebosi (actress), Gerald Ivas (actor),
Genres: Romance,Actors: Christy Cabanne (director), George Beranger (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Augustus Carney (actor), Augustus Carney (actor), Robert Edeson (actor), Robert Edeson (actor), Elmo Lincoln (actor), Allan Sears (actor), Allan Sears (actor), Mildred Harris (actress), Christy Cabanne (writer), Frank E. Woods (writer), George Beranger (actor), Juanita Hansen (actress),
Plot: The Prologue shows man as 'Power,' garbed in Greek-classic costume, standing at the parting of life's highway. One road leads to 'Success' - the other to ''Failure'. He (Power) is confronted by a figure emblematic of 'Pleasure,' who points to out to him "the easiest way," then 'Ignorance' leads him to the end of the road. where 'Destruction' stands. The classic figures disappear and the story begins: 'Power-The Absentee' leaves his factory in charge of his manager 'Might." who wrecks the property in order that his wife, 'Extravagance," and his daughter, 'Vanity,' may devote themselves to lives of selfish pleasure. It is only when 'Justice,' the office stenographer. forces 'Power' to right the harm done to his employees that he sees the error in believing that 'Might' is right. Then comes the realization that 'Justice' should go hand-in-hand with 'Power," and so they are wed, and 'Ambition,''Opportunity' and 'Success' array themselves on his side.
Keywords: 1900s, absentee-owner, allegory, ambition, confrontation, crossroads, daughter, deceit, deception, decision