Adeline Yen Mah (1937) Author and physician
Source: Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.”
— Nathaniel Hawthorne, book Fanshawe
Source: Fanshawe
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American novelist and short story writer (1804 – 1879) 1804–1864Related quotes
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1950's, On Being a Graphic Artist', 1953
Context: The result of the struggle between the thought and the ability to express it, between dream and reality, is seldom more than a compromise or an approximation. Thus there is little chance that we will succeed in getting through to a large audience, and on the whole we are quite satisfied if we are understood and appreciated by a small number of sensitive, receptive people.