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- Cities and Ambition (2008) http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html 58 comments
- Cities and Ambition (2008) http://paulgraham.com/cities.html 124 comments
- Cities and Ambition http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html 306 comments
- Singapore’s Lion City Sailors signal ambitions with signing of former Eredivisie midfielder Bart Ramselaar https://www.lioncitysailorsfc.sg/sailors-signal-ambitions-with-signing-of-former-dutch-eredivisie-star-bart-ramselaar/ 16 comments soccer
- Ukraine's ferocious defense of cities dampens Russian ambitions https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/06/18/world/russia-ukraine-military-fierce-fighting/ 19 comments worldnews
- [Fabrizio Romano] Haaland: “Man City, great move for me. I’m proud. There are so many world-class players in this squad and Guardiola is one of the greatest managers of all-time, so I believe I am in the right place to fulfil my ambitions”. “I want to score goals, win trophies and improve”. https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1536273332022267905?amp%3Bamp%3Bt=A-EvzDb6cTaFL5WGoD_gjg&s=21 5 comments soccer
- Electrical homes are the future. The grid isn’t ready. | Palo Alto’s big ambition: Greening an entire city, all at once https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/11/electrical-homes-are-the-future-the-grid-isnt-ready/ 3 comments climate
- [Jonathan Wilson - The Guardian] Forget the romance, Lionel Messi will not make Manchester City better: A possible Pep and Leo show at the Etihad is a mouthwatering prospect, but a defensive rejig is more pressing for the club’s title ambitions than the addition of a strolling goalscoring genius https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/aug/29/forget-the-romance-lionel-messi-will-not-make-manchester-city-better 191 comments soccer
- West Ham's embarrassing lack of ambition at Manchester City leaves them nothing to build on [Daniel Zeqiri] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/02/20/west-hams-embarrassing-lack-ambition-manchester-city-leaves1/ 27 comments soccer
- Pep Guardiola: Manchester City's ambition makes it so difficult to blood youth https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/01/11/pep-guardiola-manchester-citys-ambition-makes-difficult-blood/ 82 comments soccer
- [The Athletic] “Over there, it was the Theatre of Dreams. Ours was the Theatre of Comedy. I was talking to people whose kids wouldn’t wear their City shirts to school. There was absolutely no culture of ambition whatsoever.” https://theathletic.com/1477912/2019/12/26/garry-cook-manchester-city-messi-ronaldo-rooney-ronaldinho-mancini-hughes-ferguson?source=shared-article 10 comments soccer
- [Hunter] Everton have completed the signing of Fabian Delph from Manchester City for £8.5m plus £1.5m add ons. Three year contract. Delph: “Ultimately, the goal is to win something. I’ve not come here just to be here - I’ve come here with ambitions to win things." https://twitter.com/ahunterguardian/status/1150868946515562503?s=19 104 comments soccer
- Antonio Conte: "Manchester City has the possibility to spend a lot of money. When you link this situation - a good manager, much money to spend in the transfer market, the same ambition - this is the final result." http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43264840 49 comments soccer
- Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak reveals club's ambitions for next season: "Pep wants to win it all... I want to do the treble, or else let's go for the quadruple! Why not?" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40111843 118 comments soccer
- Garth Risk Hallberg’s City on Fire: The Limits of Ambition http://flavorwire.com/543733/grating-expectations-garth-risk-hallbergs-city-on-fire-and-the-limits-of-literary-ambition 10 comments books
- Mumbai will be made free of traffic jams: Fadnavis. In a rare interview to the media, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis tells The Hindu of his ambition to liberate millions of Mumbaikars from the nightmarish traffic jams that clog the city. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/fadnavis-aims-at-making-mumbai-traffic-jam-free/article6789371.ece 48 comments india
- Cities and Ambition http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html 16 comments programming
- [Romano] Rodri: “My future? I’m very happy at City. I heard about Saudi but it would be very complicated to join a project like Saudi for me”. “My priority in football is ambition — as sporting, individual, collective ambition. At the moment, Arabia is not there” https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1714703486447767710 56 comments soccer
- Jack Gaughan: Raheem Sterling wants to be the main man and Manchester City feel the time is right for this divorce... his impending £55m switch to Chelsea is fascinating and will help him chase personal ambitions https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10988947/Raheem-Sterling-wants-main-man-Manchester-City-feel-time-right-divorce.html 146 comments soccer
- Brian Marwood (Manchester City's former sporting director and current managing director of global football across the CFG) on Patrick Vieira: "When we started the journey with him the ambition was for him to be with the group and maybe he would manage Man City one day. I have massive faith in him." https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-next-manager-vieira-21996786 26 comments soccer
- [VI] Ajax fans put up a banner in the city, asking “Onana for please one more year.” His ambition is still to leave, however according to his agent no club has been concrete for him https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/onana-wil-deze-zomer-nog-altijd-de-stap-naar-de-europese-top-zetten 65 comments soccer
- Jovetic: "I went to Man City in 2013, out of ambition. Juventus also wanted me but I could never betray my Fiorentina fans. The mistake was to reject Real Madrid in 2009, I wasn't ready. If could go back..." https://gianlucadimarzio.com/it/jovetic-intervista-fiorentina-inter-calciomercato-offerta-juve-tifosi-viola 117 comments soccer
- Harry Maguire: What Brendan Rodgers appointment shows about City's ambition https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/brendan-rodgers-appointment-shows-leicester-2589552 41 comments soccer
- Massimiliano Allegri: "Juve and Tottenham are sides who can have ambitions going forward, but compared to Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Real Madrid are a step below. In fact, I’d add PSG and Manchester City to that list." https://www.football-italia.net/117160/allegri-bites-back-juve-critics 194 comments soccer
- Bersant Celina interview: Manchester City kid with big ambitions for Kosovo http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/bersant-celina-interview-manchester-city-kid-with-big-ambitions-for-kosovo-a6884646.html 10 comments soccer
- Mumbai property prices may crash as much as 50%: Ambit. A lethal cocktail of high prices, drying up of bank lending and government efforts to reduce black money may combine to produce what many have anticipated -- in vain -- for long: a crash in realty prices in the country's metropolitan cities. http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/mumbai-property-prices-may-crash-as-much-as-50-ambit_2044841.html 29 comments india
- David Silva on why he rejected Real Madrid to instead sign for Manchester City in 2010: "They bet very hard on me. I felt their trust & support from the 1st call. They told me about how the project was going to be. Man City's ambition was to become one of Europe's biggest clubs. And today, it is." https://as.com/futbol/2023/11/28/reportajes/1701154501_594079.html 118 comments soccer
- Antonio Conte has warned that Tottenham Hotspur must keep spending big money to stand any chance of replacing Liverpool as Manchester City’s main challengers and urged the club to be honest over their ambitions. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/11/04/antonio-conte-carry-spending-big-tottenham-will-never-catch/ 484 comments soccer
- How China's crackdown hurt Hong Kong's economic ambitions: The Chinese city is set to widen a Beijing-imposed security law that could cause more multinationals to flee. Is Hong Kong's role as a gateway to China over? https://www.dw.com/en/how-chinas-crackdown-hurt-hong-kongs-economic-ambitions/a-68453085 14 comments china
- [The Athletic] This is likely to be Declan Rice’s last season with West Ham. Chelsea, Man Utd and Man City have been linked. West Ham believe they hold all the cards when it comes to his future, however, they are aware of Rice’s ambitions to win trophies and play Champions League. https://theathletic.com/2888719/2021/10/14/west-ham-mailbag-rice-future-bowen-finishing-soucek-form/ 263 comments soccer