Quotes about dream
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“Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.”

Hugh Hefner (1926–2017) American businessman and magazine publisher
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“I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams!”

Variant: We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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“We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions.”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
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“Life, what is it but a dream?”

Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer
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“I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe.”

Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) French philosopher (1930-2004)

Source: Jacques Derrida

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“In dreams begins responsibility.”

W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) Irish poet and playwright

Variant: In Dreams begins Responsibility.
Source: Epigraph to the book Responsibilities (1914); this was later adapted as the title of the story "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" (1937) by Delmore Schwartz.

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“I dream, therefore I exist.”

August Strindberg (1849–1912) Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter
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“Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them.”

Haruki Murakami (1949) Japanese author, novelist

Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories

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“Once a day allow yourself the freedom to dream…”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Variant: At least once a day, allow yourself the freedom to think and dream for yourself.

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“We are close to waking when we dream that we are dreaming.”

Novalis (1772–1801) German poet and writer

Variants:
Novalis (1829)
Variant: We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
Source: Novalis: Philosophical Writings

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“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
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“It was a silly, silly dream, being unhappy.”

Source: Mrs. Dalloway

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

Umberto Eco (1932–2016) Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

Source: "Why Are They Laughing In Those Cages?", in Travels in Hyperreality : Essays‎ (1986), Ch. III : The Gods of the Underworld, p. 122
Context: The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. If it had been possible he would have settled the matter otherwise, and without bloodshed.
Context: The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. If it had been possible he would have settled the matter otherwise, and without bloodshed. He doesn't boast of his own death or of others'. But he does not repent. He suffers and keeps his mouth shut; if anything, others then exploit him, making him a myth, while he, the man worthy of esteem, was only a poor creature who reacted with dignity and courage in an event bigger than he was.

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“I dream for a living.”

Steven Spielberg (1946) American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur

Time (July 15, 1985)

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“Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.”

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

Source: See You at the Top

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“Be careful with whom you associate, especially when you feel emotionally vulnerable, because negative people can steal the dream right out of your heart.”

Joel Osteen (1963) American televangelist and author

Source: Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

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“Black has depth.. you can go into it.. And you start seeing what you're afraid of. You start seeing what you love, and it becomes like a dream.”

David Lynch (1946) American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor

Source: Lynch on Lynch

“… the man of my dreams is a girl.”

Variant: Cut the ending. Revise the script. The man of her dreams is a girl.
Source: Keeping You a Secret

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“Anon, to sudden silence won,
In fancy they pursue
The dream-child moving through the land
Of wonders wild and new,
In friendly chat with bird or beast -
And half believe it true.”

Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

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“I don’t see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.”

Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist

The Ballot or the Bullet (1964), Speech in Cleveland, Ohio (April 3, 1964)
Context: No, I’m not an American. I’m one of the 22 million black people who are the victims of Americanism. One of the 22 million black people who are the victims of democracy, nothing but disguised hypocrisy. So, I’m not standing here speaking to you as an American, or a patriot, or a flag-saluter, or a flag-waver—no, not I. I’m speaking as a victim of this American system. And I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don’t see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.