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Dream Quotes

"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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"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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"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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"Dream more than others think practical."

"Dream more than others think practical."

Howard Schultz, American Businessman

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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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"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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"If you will it, it is no dream."

"If you will it, it is no dream."

Theodor Herzl, Hungarian Journalist

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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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"I dream for a living."

"I dream for a living."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

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"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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"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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"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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"The old studios that mass-produced dreams are gone with the wind, just like the old downtown theaters that were the temples of the dreams."

"The old studios that mass-produced dreams are gone with the wind, just like the old downtown theaters that were the temples of the dreams."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Dream, Dreams, Old, Wind

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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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"Dream no small dream; it lacks magic. Dream large. Then make the dream real."

"Dream no small dream; it lacks magic. Dream large. Then make the dream real."

Donald Wills Douglas, American Aviator

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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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"At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable."

"At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable."

Christopher Reeve, American Actor

Dream, Dreams, First

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"I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams."

"I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams."

Jonas Salk, American Scientist

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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 manifest based on who you are already - so you must own the identity of the dream in order to manifest it."

"You manifest based on who you are already - so you must own the identity of the dream in order to manifest it."

Joy Page, American Actress

Dream, Identity, Order

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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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"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 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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"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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"Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream."

"Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream."

Anatole France, French Novelist

Dream, Existence

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"Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream."

"Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

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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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"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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"I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream."

"I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream."

Eminem, American Musician

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"There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream."

"There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream."

Archibald MacLeish, American Poet

Dream, Freedom, Humanity

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"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."

"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."

Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman

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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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"Dreams can be like charades in which we act out words rather than see or speak them."

"Dreams can be like charades in which we act out words rather than see or speak them."

Jane Roberts, American Author

Dream, Dreams, Act, Words

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"Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream."

"Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream."

George Foreman, American Athlete

Dream, Confidence

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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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"Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are."

"Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are."

Werner Herzog, German Director

Dream, Dreams, Technology, Years

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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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"There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality."

"There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality."

Jonas Salk, American Scientist

Dream, Dreams, Imagination, Courage, Hope

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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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"Having said that, I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan because he just goes nuts in everything he does. Having Jack in his heyday would also be a dream come true."

"Having said that, I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan because he just goes nuts in everything he does. Having Jack in his heyday would also be a dream come true."

Paul Kane, English Writer

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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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"I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year."

"I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

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"Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking."

"Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking."

Black Elk, American Leader

Dream, Dreams, Waking

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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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"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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"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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"Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex."

"Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex."

Pamela Stephenson, Australian Actress

Dream, Dreams, Sex

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"It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales."

"It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales."

Jon Kyl, American Politician

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"But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action."

"But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action."

Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier

Dream, Dreams, Men, Action, Purpose

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"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."

"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Dream, Ambition

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