Ambition Quote by Peter Carey

“My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the world before.” quote by Peter Carey — Download Open image

“My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the world before.”

Peter Carey

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Work towards your goal and dont watch the post size,its either they hate,or like you.there is no room for both sides.

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