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Dream Quotes

"Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

"Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Dream, Now, Worry

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"When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep."

"When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Dream, Deep, Eyes, Fire

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"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."

"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."

Derek Luke, American Actor

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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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"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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"Dreams seem to have a will of their own."

"Dreams seem to have a will of their own."

Henry Reed, English Writer

Dream, Dreams, Will

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"The more you can dream, the more you can do."

"The more you can dream, the more you can do."

Michael Korda, English Novelist

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"My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre."

"My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

Dream, Children, Open, Theatre

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"Being a Victoria's Secret model, which was always my dream."

"Being a Victoria's Secret model, which was always my dream."

Heidi Klum, German Model

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"No person has the right to rain on your dreams."

"No person has the right to rain on your dreams."

Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist

Dream, Dreams, Rain, Right

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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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"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."

Anatole France, French Novelist

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"My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession."

"My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Dream, Dreams, People, Successful, Acting

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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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"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

James Dean, American Actor

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"In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress."

"In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress."

Leonard Cohen, Canadian Musician

Dream, Dreams, Truth, Absence

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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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"Thanking you once more, I want to wish you the best of luck for your future life and to conclude by saying to you: Dream your dreams and may they come true!"

"Thanking you once more, I want to wish you the best of luck for your future life and to conclude by saying to you: Dream your dreams and may they come true!"

Felix Bloch, Swiss Scientist

Dream, Dreams, Life, Future, Luck

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"You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know."

"You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

Dream, Dreams, Unconscious, Will, Years

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"I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams."

"I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams."

William H. Macy, American Actor

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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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"Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories."

"Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

Dream, Dreams, Memories

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"A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope."

"A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope."

Howard Thurman, American Educator

Dream, Hope, Possibility

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"I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record."

"I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

Dream, Dreams, Listening, Song

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"We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent."

"We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent."

Ruth Handler, American Businessman

Dream, Dreams, Business, Talent

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"Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting."

"Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting."

Shemar Moore, American Actor

Dream, Acting, Baseball

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"Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine."

"Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

Dream, Creation

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"That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing on the radio station in Memphis. Even when I got out of the Air Force in 1954, I came right back to Memphis and started knocking on doors at the radio station."

"That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing on the radio station in Memphis. Even when I got out of the Air Force in 1954, I came right back to Memphis and started knocking on doors at the radio station."

Johnny Cash, American Musician

Dream, Force, Growing up, Right

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"I've always wanted to do this, so it really is a dream come true."

"I've always wanted to do this, so it really is a dream come true."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

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"If you don't follow your dream, who will?"

"If you don't follow your dream, who will?"

Emeril Lagasse, American Celebrity

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"Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely."

"Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Dream, Dreams, Time, Lonely

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"Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary."

"Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary."

Thomas Middleton, English Poet

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"The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else."

"The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else."

Umberto Eco, Italian Novelist

Dream, Dreams, Mistake, Being

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"Do noble things, not dream them all day long."

"Do noble things, not dream them all day long."

Charles Kingsley, English Clergyman

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"I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams."

"I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams."

Madonna Ciccone, American Musician

Dream, Dreams, Expression, Freedom

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"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."

"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."

Rachel Griffiths, American Actress

Dream, Dreams, Time, People, Opportunity

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"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream."

"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Dream, Existence, Fancy, Future

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"Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language."

"Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language."

Gail Godwin, American Novelist

Dream, Dreams, Language

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"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

Buddha, Indian Leader

Dream, Future, Mind, Past

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"For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream."

"For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream."

Emmitt Smith, American Athlete

Dream, Winning, Crowds, Day

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"The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London."

"The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London."

Sebastian Coe, British Politician

Dream, Dreams, Athletes, Games, London

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"Are you in my dream too?"

"Are you in my dream too?"

M. Night Shyamalan, American Director

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"It was relatively easy to write 'The Cave of Lost Souls', though, because it came to me one night in a dream. I remember waking up and having this idea for a complete story - from start to finish - in my head, so I jotted it down, then later began writing the thing."

"It was relatively easy to write 'The Cave of Lost Souls', though, because it came to me one night in a dream. I remember waking up and having this idea for a complete story - from start to finish - in my head, so I jotted it down, then later began writing the thing."

Paul Kane, English Writer

Dream, Idea, Night, Waking

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"When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach."

"When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

Dream, Coach, School, University

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"When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable."

"When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable."

William J. Clinton, American President

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"Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays."

"Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

Dream, Deep, Lies, Meaning

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"When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live."

"When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live."

Greg Anderson, American Athlete

Dream, Dreams, Love, Goals, Completion

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"I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it."

"I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it."

Theodore Sturgeon, American Writer

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"People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams."

"People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Dream, Dreams, People

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"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."

"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."

Richard Ford, American Author

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