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know why?...we are j... APPLES ROMANO You really have to stay true to yourself, as cheesy as that sounds. And you cannot take no for an an... KSENIA SOLO CHARLES DICKENS REMY DE GOURMONT JORGE RAMOS NEIL GAIMAN BUDDHA OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II You had a dream to be the best possible player you could be. You had a dream to play in the NCAA tou... BILL CORDS JORGE LUIS BORGES C. JOYBELL C. You are never alone if you have a dream! ARDIT BALISHA OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN people have lost the true meaning of writing to write is not just to write something and get paid fo... DELESHA SHANTAE BUFORD STEVE MARABOLI HENRY KRAVIS LEWIS CARROLL BUDDHA SWAMI VIVEKANANDA The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no o... BUDDHA BUDDHA No aristocrat would sit in the wild grass to dream. Aristocrats have gardens for that, if they dream... SHERI S. TEPPER CRAIG GROESCHEL We all need to have dreams. The question is, does the dream control you or do you control the dream? ROBIN JONES GUNN ARCHIBALD MACLEISH DEAN KOONTZ ALVEDA KING JOHN LENNON
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Life itself is only a vision, a dream."
There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream,... 
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibil... 
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but
your dream will not. Responsibil... 
"Conversation"God and I in space alone . . .and nobody else in view . . ."And where are all the peop... 
Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. 
You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer,... 
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? 
The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. 
Nothing makes time pass or shortens the way like a thought that absorbs in itself all the faculties ... 
A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you... 
The Dream of a Queer Fellow I write the words again and they appear doubly pregnant with meaning. It... 
You must find your dream...but no dream lasts forever, each dream is followed by another, and one sh... 
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... 
Make a wish with all your heart and chase every dream you have. Only you can reach your goals. No on... 
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? 
A tiny little baby!' says Tam. 'People look at me like I'm an animal. People who don't know me judge... 
Not all dreamers are winners, but all winners are dreamers. Your dream is the key to your future. Th... 
A dream dirty and bruised is better than no dream at all. 
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Your life m... 
You say I have no power? Perhaps you speak truly... But — you say that dreams have no power here? ... 
"Conversation"
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy... 
What you are seeing and hearing right now is nothing but a dream. You are dreaming right now in this... 
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... 
She will take your life and all you are and all you care’st for, and she will leave you with nothi... 
But you do just the opposite. You strengthen your thought-waves. You are seized by worthless thought... 
You, sir, are the most phantom-like of all; you are a mere dream 
It doth not hurt", whispered a faint voice, "She will take you life and all you are and all you care... 
We have nothing but our freedom. We have nothing to give you but your own freedom. We have no law bu... 
It is tempting to quit striving toward a goal when you have neither the time, the resources, the sup... 
There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing... 
I had a dream about you. In my dream I stole all your money, kidnapped your parents, and mailed you ... 
If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true? 
If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you d... 
The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony....
All that you see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. They who dream by day are cognizant of many... 
Have you never been moved by poor men's fidelity, the image of you they form in their simple minds? ... 
If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... 
I have had unformed ideas of striving afresh, beginning anew, shaking off sloth and sensuality, and ... 
Nothing exists except by virtue of a disequilibrium, an injustice. All existence is a theft paid for... 
Yes, Latinos dream more. When you live in poverty, when your president is imposed upon you, when the... 
The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the a... 
You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true? 
You have wakened not out of sleep, but into a prior dream, and that dream lies within another, and s... 
Please do not break your heart over the withering of a dream you once held, that never became yours!... 
You are not a victim. No matter what you have been through, you're still here. You may have been cha... 
If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money ... 
He was part of my dream, of course - but then I was part of his dream too. 
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no o... 
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no o... 
The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. 
There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind... 
Damn it, there is no world if there is not a human eye to see it, no world of any purpose or meaning... 
I have a dream that America will pray and God will forgive us our sins. 
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. 
I'm a pastor. I say, 'Let the church say amen,' and that settles it. Everything has been... 
I do go back and listen to my songs. I'm biting my fingernails the whole way through, but I do l... 
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. 
I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd... 
It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do n... 
One thing that you can't fake is chemistry. 
The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure. 
I'm good at anything that's country - biscuits, gravy, chicken-fried steak. Look at me, for ... 
When I was a child, I probably should have been medicated about my obsession with The Spice Girls. I... 
The Gucci woman can be the equestrian woman, the woman in the suit, the woman in the flowy bohemian ... 
You fuck - you ate my cat! 
want people to rock out in the car and not care that people are watching, I love that feeling when t... 
The selective memory isn't selective enough. 