“I think the American dream is still what gets us out of bed every day, that life can be better…”

— Vanessa Hua

On the state of the “American Dream” in “A Conversation with Vanessa Hua” https://www.readitforward.com/author-interview/a-conversation-with-vanessa-hua/ in Read It Forward

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American journalist and writer

Mason Cooley (1927–2002) American academic

City Aphorisms (1984)

“To go for your dreams, you have to use action, thinking is not enough. Every day what am I studying about, that can help me, that can empower me to become better at what I do - become a greater version of myself. It's not about success or failure it's about enjoying what you do - have fun.”

Ralph Smart

“It’s tough to get out of bed; I know that myself. You can lie there for an hour and a half without thinking anything, just worrying about what the day holds and knowing that you won’t be able to deal with it.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story

“…and what gets me out of bed in the mornings continues to be the expectation of what might happen, all unannounced. I'm always expecting the unexpected, and I still fantasise about what might still be.”

Javier Marías (1951) Spanish writer

...y lo que me hace levantarme por las mañanas sigue siendo la espera de lo que está por llegar y no se anuncia, es la espera de lo inesperado, y no ceso de fantasear con lo que ha de venir.
Source: Todas las Almas [All Souls] (1989), p. 137

“I think…. living in such a hard situation when there are terrorists and they slaughter people every night is still hard -- is still a threat. So it's a better idea to speak out for your rights and then die…we will speak out for our rights. This is what we can do, and we tried our best.”

Malala Yousafzai (1997) Pakistani children's education activist

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“Every day, in every respect, I'm getting better and better.”

Emile Coué (1857–1926) French psychologist and pharmacist

Tous les jours, à tous points de vue, je vais de mieux en mieux.
Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion (1922).

“If you can laugh every day, you can get healthy. You get those endorphins going in the body, God’s been looking out for me. I enjoy every day.”

Gavin MacLeod (1931–2021) American actor

Source: Gavin MacLeod on the Show That ‘Inspired a Lot of People to Get Into the News Business’ https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/gavin-macleod-show-news-business/286169/ (March 7, 2016)

“Every day I think, this will be the day I get taken in again....”

Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist

2010-, Ai Weiwei: 'Every day I think, this will be the day I get taken in again...', 2011

“Getting over what you did to me is not why I get out of bed anymore.”

Naomi Shihab Nye (1952) American writer

Source: Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets under 25

“To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning.”

James Ellroy (1948) Novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist

“I think the American dream is still what gets us out of bed every day, that life can be better…”

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