Driven Quotes

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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is to pass on… — David Attenborough
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but… — Saint Augustine
Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to… — Dan Aykroyd
The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was doing work on… — Michelle Bachelet
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers. — Amy Adams
I'm not an awards-driven person in anything. Anytime you do get caught up in that, you usually end up getting whacked. — Alec Baldwin
I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as… — J. G. Ballard
I'm as pure as the driven slush. — Tallulah Bankhead
Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to make that cheque, nobody putting art in their albums any… — Andre Benjamin
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest… — Tony Blair
Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way… — Edward de Bono
People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice... they open up to you in… — Anthony Bourdain
Book tours are really kind of fun. You get to stay in nice hotels, you are driven everywhere in big silver cars, you are treated… — Bill Bryson
Viewed from a distance, or through the eye of the All-Knowing CEO of the Universe, the crash of 2008 followed the usual pattern. A long-lived… — James Buchan
I was always incredibly driven and found it impossible to relax. I felt that if I slacked off for a minute to enjoy myself, then… — Sandra Bullock
What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them,… — Julie Burchill
I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part. — Steve Buscemi
Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North… — David Cameron

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