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Dream Quotes

"Talk about a dream, try to make it real."

"Talk about a dream, try to make it real."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

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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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"I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal."

"I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

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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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"When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go."

"When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

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"Well my biggest dream is to be in a romantic comedy."

"Well my biggest dream is to be in a romantic comedy."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

Dream, Comedy, Romantic

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"I had this dream about you. We went hunting up in the mountains and I caught a unicorn. You told me now I know how it feels to be you."

"I had this dream about you. We went hunting up in the mountains and I caught a unicorn. You told me now I know how it feels to be you."

Crystal Woods, American Poet

Dream, Identity, Empathy, Fantasy

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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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"Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind."

"Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind."

Mick Jagger, English Musician

Dream, Dreams, Mind

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"You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?""

"You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?""

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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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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"Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live."

"Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live."

Joe Montana, American Athlete

Dream, Dreams, Heart, First, Want

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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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"Dream more than others think practical."

"Dream more than others think practical."

Howard Schultz, American Businessman

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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

Christopher Reeve, American Actor

Dream, Dreams, First, Will

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"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Dream, Life, Dreams, Direction

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"I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams."

"I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Dream, Dreams, People, Boys, Emotions

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"You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

"You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"

Oscar Hammerstein II, American Musician

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"You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?"

"You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?"

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Dream, Vision, Possibility, Question

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"I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future."

"I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Dream, Dreams, Mother, Father, Future

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"Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails."

"Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

Dream, Actors, Famous, Solution

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"Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing."

"Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing."

Colin Firth, British Actor

Dream, Actors, Will

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"We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams."

"We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams."

Jimmy Carter, American President

Dream, Dreams, People, Beliefs

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"No man's brain is so dull, and no man's eye so blind, that they cannot catch food for dreams."

"No man's brain is so dull, and no man's eye so blind, that they cannot catch food for dreams."

Donald G. Mitchell, American Essayist

Dream, Dreams, Food, Blind, Eye

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"The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream."

"The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream."

Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish Novelist

Dream, Profession, Writer

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"Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?"

Patti Smith, American Musician

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"Our dreams are a second life. I have never been able to penetrate without a shudder those ivory or horned gates which separate us from the invisible world."

"Our dreams are a second life. I have never been able to penetrate without a shudder those ivory or horned gates which separate us from the invisible world."

Gerard De Nerval, French Novelist

Dream, Dreams, Life, World

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"I'll see you in my dreams."

"I'll see you in my dreams."

Gus Kahn, American Lyricist

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"It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams."

"It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams."

Les Brown, American Businessman

Dream, Dreams, Experience, Courage, Vision

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"If our dreams were more regular, more connected, more stable, they would also have more practical importance for us."

"If our dreams were more regular, more connected, more stable, they would also have more practical importance for us."

Ernst Mach, Austrian Physicist

Dream, Dreams, Importance

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"Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."

"Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."

Eugene Ionesco, French Dramatist

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"You can't censor people's dreams."

"You can't censor people's dreams."

Robyn Hitchcock, English Musician

Dream, Dreams, People

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"What upset me the most was not that I would die, but that I was letting down my parents. I felt very guilty for chasing this dream career of mine, at the expense of my parents."

"What upset me the most was not that I would die, but that I was letting down my parents. I felt very guilty for chasing this dream career of mine, at the expense of my parents."

Linda Vester, American Entertainer

Dream, Career, Parents

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"Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics."

"Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics."

Dan O'Brien, American Athlete

Dream, Winning, Gold, World

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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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"If you can dream it, you can do it."

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

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"I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show."

"I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

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"In the fifties I had dreams about touching a naked woman and she would turn to bronze or the dream about hot dogs chasing donuts through the Lincoln Tunnel."

"In the fifties I had dreams about touching a naked woman and she would turn to bronze or the dream about hot dogs chasing donuts through the Lincoln Tunnel."

Robert Klein, American Comedian

Dream, Dreams, Dogs, Woman

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"This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it's about acting and if you enjoy acting, you will always enjoy acting."

"This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it's about acting and if you enjoy acting, you will always enjoy acting."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

Dream, Dreams, Acting, Will

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"I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions."

"I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

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"I dream for a living."

"I dream for a living."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

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"And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of."

"And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of."

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

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"What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams."

"What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams."

Pedro Calderon, Spanish Dramatist

Dream, Dreams, Life, Illusion, Madness

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"Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment."

"Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment."

Jean Baudrillard, French Sociologist

Dream, Dreams, Fulfillment, Statistics

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"My dream concept is that I have a camera and I am trying to photograph what is essentially invisible. And every once in a while I get a glimpse of her and I grab that picture."

"My dream concept is that I have a camera and I am trying to photograph what is essentially invisible. And every once in a while I get a glimpse of her and I grab that picture."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

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"All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams."

"All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

Dream, Dreams, Help

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"A goal without a date is just a dream."

"A goal without a date is just a dream."

Milton H. Erickson, American Psychiatrist

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"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."

"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."

Les Brown, American Businessman

Dream, Dreams, Living

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"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

James Anthony Froude, English Historian

Dream, Character

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"Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer."

"Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Dream, Dreams, Idea, Fashion

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