"My only ambition is to be a soldier of peace."

A professional career as such seemed out of the question; his only ambition in life was to be an artist.

"And the only ambition 1 have is to get paid for being a faxer while I sort things out."

But that's not the only ambition a storyteller ought to have.

My only ambition is to do this job as long as the President wants me to.

But my only ambition was to play my music, you know.

He once told an interviewer that his only ambition was to hold high Government office.

His only ambition in life is to become a well-known singer.

My only ambition is to be a French director.

At that point, he said, his only ambition was to be a teacher.