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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you real...

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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up a...

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Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.

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Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi

Betsy was so full of joy that she had to be alone. She went upstairs to her bedroom and sat down on ...

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Q: I want to be an author when I grow up. Am I insane?"Neil Gaiman: "Yes. Growing up is highly overr...

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I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just so...

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Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

Aim higher in case you fall short.

The hood is also a low-stress, comfortable life. All your mental energy goes into getting by, so you...

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Trevor NoahBorn a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.

It is hope--with regard to our careers, our love lives, our children, our politicians, and our plane...

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Alain de BottonReligion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion

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

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In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own. I learned who I was and who I w...

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Anna QuindlenHow Reading Changed My Life

As humans we are inclined to feel that life must have a point. We have plans and aspirations and des...

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Bill BrysonA Short History of Nearly Everything

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

Lifting her lovely and longing face towards the inaudible chant of the sun, she drifted through her ...

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When we can't dream any longer we die.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.Where there is hatred, let me sow love,Where there is injur...

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It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now ...

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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it;Every arrow that flies feels the attractio...

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What you hope for determines what you live for. What you hope for determines WHO you live for. Hope ...

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I wondered about the explorers who'd sailed their ships to the end of the world. How terrified they ...

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Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine ...

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