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Dream Quotes

"Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are."

"Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are."

Julio Cortazar, Argentinian Writer

Dream, Dreams, Poetry, Play

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"I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires."

"I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Dream, Dreams, Visions

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"I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis."

"I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis."

Mira Nair, Indian Director

Dream, Nostalgia

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"For even in dreams a good deed is not lost."

"For even in dreams a good deed is not lost."

Pedro Calderon, Spanish Dramatist

Dream, Dreams, Deed

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"As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be."

"As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be."

Ron Francis, Canadian Coach

Dream, Day, Fun, Growingup

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"At seventeen, I knew the end of a dream... I would never be a schoolboy again."

"At seventeen, I knew the end of a dream... I would never be a schoolboy again."

King Hussein, Jordanian Royalty

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"I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there."

"I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

Dream, Childhood

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"I always had a dream to play for India but I never let it put pressure on me."

"I always had a dream to play for India but I never let it put pressure on me."

Sachin Tendulkar, Indian Athlete

Dream, Play, Pressure

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"I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles."

"I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Dream, Dreams, People, Growingup, Obstacles

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"It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by any means of all dreams - moves, it may be said, in the opposite direction to the method of psycho-analysis."

"It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by any means of all dreams - moves, it may be said, in the opposite direction to the method of psycho-analysis."

Arthur Machen, Welsh Author

Dream, Dreams, Direction, May, Nonsense

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"It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams."

"It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

Dream, Dreams, People, Old

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"I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams."

"I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Dream, Dreams, Cinema, Reality

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"We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of."

"We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of."

Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgian Statesman

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"I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer."

"I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

Dream, Dreams, Career

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"You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones."

"You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones."

Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet

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"When I was a kid, my dream was to be a farmer and marry Charlie Brown. I wanted to rescue him and make him happy. Besides, he was always lusting after the little redhead girl."

"When I was a kid, my dream was to be a farmer and marry Charlie Brown. I wanted to rescue him and make him happy. Besides, he was always lusting after the little redhead girl."

Alicia Witt, American Actress

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"Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them."

"Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them."

James A. Michener, American Novelist

Dream, Scientists

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"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it."

"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it."

William Arthur Ward, American Writer

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"You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own."

"You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own."

Mark Victor Hansen, American Businessman

Dream, Dreams, Control, Goals, Destiny

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"Isolation is a self-defeating dream."

"Isolation is a self-defeating dream."

Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican Statesman

Dream, Isolation, Self

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"Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps."

"Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps."

Peter Abrahams, South African Novelist

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"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."

"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."

Jonas Salk, American Scientist

Dream, Dreams, Imagination, Courage, Hope

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"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible."

"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible."

T. E. Lawrence, British Archaeologist

Dream, Dreams, Men, Act, Day

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"Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions."

"Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions."

Edgar Cayce, American Celebrity

Dream, Dreams, Answers, Questions, Today

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"I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream."

"I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream."

Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese Musician

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"I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later."

"I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later."

Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

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"The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking out successor which would be probably as bad as him."

"The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking out successor which would be probably as bad as him."

Garry Kasparov, Azerbaijani Celebrity

Dream, President

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"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

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"When we can't dream any longer we die."

"When we can't dream any longer we die."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

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"Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?"

"Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?"

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Dream, Dreams, Imagination, Eye

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"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything."

"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything."

Dave Matthews, South African Musician

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"The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true."

"The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Dream, Dreams, Hope, Content, Man

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"I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night."

"I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night."

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

Dream, Dreams, Night, Play

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"Because thou must not dream, thou need not despair."

"Because thou must not dream, thou need not despair."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

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"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"

"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"

Robert Kennedy, American Politician

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"We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming."

"We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming."

Novalis, German Poet

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"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."

"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Dream, Dreams, Men, Power

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"I dream for a living."

"I dream for a living."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

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"The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois."

"The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Dream, Democracy, Stupidity

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"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."

Michael Phelps, American Athlete

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"The basic dream of many Colombians is to have a secure nation, without exclusions, with equity, and without hatred."

"The basic dream of many Colombians is to have a secure nation, without exclusions, with equity, and without hatred."

Alvaro Uribe Velez, Colombian Statesman

Dream, Hatred, Nation

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"The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream of sharing his royalties with that editor."

"The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream of sharing his royalties with that editor."

Alfred A. Knopf, American Publisher

Dream, Job, Sharing, Writer

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"At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw."

"At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw."

James Merrill, American Poet

Dream, College, Thinking

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"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Dream, Dreams, Darkness, Deep

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"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."

"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist

Dream, Dreams, Reality

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"It's been my dream to have four babies by 30. I look after animals, so I'd have a lot to give my kids."

"It's been my dream to have four babies by 30. I look after animals, so I'd have a lot to give my kids."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

Dream, Animals, Babies, Kids

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"Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths."

"Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths."

Joseph Campbell, American Author

Dream, Dreams, Myths, Public

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"Nothing happens unless first we dream."

"Nothing happens unless first we dream."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Dream, First, Nothing

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"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth"."

"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth"."

Dan Rather, American Journalist

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"If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams."

"If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

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