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Dream Quotes


"Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice."


"It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams."


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


"It's interesting to leave a place, interesting even to think about it. Leaving reminds us of what we can part with and what we can't, then offers us something new to look forward to, to dream about."



"The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold."


"I published in 1978 a report on dreams in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. It was the first study of its kind to demonstrate that it is possible for people to make constructive use of their dreams to improve their lives."



"Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand."


"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."


"Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?"


"Southern California, where the American Dream came too true."


"I was working at the store on the Sony studios in Culver City. And I was literally holding a shirt when they came in and told me I'd got the part! It just shows dreams do come true."


"In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it."


"My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said."


"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."



"It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people."


"Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it."


"The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams."


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


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


"What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust."


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


"There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream."


"Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities."


"They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women."
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