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“When the structures and values of Salvadoran society exemplify a democratic system, then the revolution I have worked for will have taken place. This is my dream.”
José Napoleón Duarte (1925–1990) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Duarte: My Story (1986), G.P. Putnam's Sons
“Maybe one day I’ll be able to live somewhere with a garden. I’ll be old but skilled enough to still have some consultancy work to pay for the space to grow real food. Hands in the dirt again. Doing something real. No people around. Yeah, that’s the dream. Strange how the things we rail against and hate in our youth can be the things we crave as we get older.”
Emma Newman (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Although I am unacquainted with astrological lore, I was drawn to the symbolic power of the pervasive dream in our popular culture: that after a dark, violent age, the Piscean, we are entering a millennium of love and light—in the words of the popular song, "The Age of Aquarius," the time of "the mind's true liberation.”
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In his 1918 diary, Hermann Hesse recalled a dream in which he heard two distinct voices. The first told him to seek out forces to overcome suffering, to calm himself. It sounded like parents, school, Kant, the church fathers. But the second voice—which sounded farther off, like "primal cause"—said that suffering only hurts because you fear it, complain about it, flee it.”
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Until learning how to read I had lived in a whole underpopulated world of self-centered, drug-addicted fools, all of us living by our Rules of Privacy in some crazy dream of Self-Fulfillment.”
Walter Tevis (1928–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every day I got up and I just tried to put one foot in front of the other and get a little bit better and get closer to being able to really wake up in the morning and dream big in a realistic way.”
Yanni Hufnagel (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stalin imposed the development of heavy industry against agriculture and thence the displacement of people, the sacrifices, the deaths... A crazy dream! But... without the Stalinist industrial force, the Nazis would have won!”
Gianni Vattimo (1936–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One night I saw Master Hafiz in a dream; I said, 'O thou who art peerless in excellence and learning Wherefore didst thou take to thyself this verse of Yazid, Notwithstanding all this virtue and eminence?' He answered, 'Thou understandest not this matter; The infidel's goods are lawful spoil to the true believer!”
Ahli Shirazi (1454–1535) said by 1535 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: translated by Edward. G. Browne, A Literary History of Persia, 1909, p.225
“Tired, above all, of being always with myself, of finding myself everyday, when the dream comes to an end, wherever I am, with the same old nose and with the same old legs.”
Oliverio Girondo (1891–1967) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Persuadión de los días, ‘Cansancio’ (‘Fatigue’), 1942, Quoted in Chamber's Dictionary of Quotations, p. 358
“Now is not the time to campaign to rejoin but we must keep the dream alive, especially for young people who are overwhelmingly pro-European. I hold in my heart the knowledge that one day I will be back in this [the European Parliament] chamber, celebrating our return to the heart of Europe.”
Molly Scott Cato (born 1963) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said in a speech to the European Parliament after she voted against ratifying the UK's Brexit withdrawl agreement. Molly Scott Cato: 'One day I will be back' (29 January 2020)
“I'm not fighting for positions. I had in my life the highest position that Ukrainian can only dream of.”
Petro Poroshenko (born 1965) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview to "Ukrains'ka Pravda" (29 July 2019)
“Suspended between fear of the past and fear of the future, I recorded the dream in my journal. Then, without any explanation, as if the connection between the two were obvious, I wrote, I don’t understand why I wasn’t allowed to get a decent education as a child.”
Tara Westover (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But when that is the question, when will it be? In what distant time will the Golden Dream of our prophetic hours come to this poor darkened larva of a world? Ages upon ages after our little existences have gone out, and the detritus of our wasted bodies has wandered long in the labyrinths of the sod or been sown by aimless gusts over our native hills.”
J. Howard Moore (1862–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are all born here in Taiwan and are nurtured by this land. It is important for Taiwanese to set aside their differences and work together for a better future. It is my dream to unite Taiwan.”
Hou Yu-ih (born 1957) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hou Yu-ih (2023) cited in "Hou You-yi, Ko Wen-je cause stir at movie premiere" on Taipei Times, 6 August 2023.
“I had always wanted to be a writer as a child but couldn’t spell out this dream to myself because during the Cultural Revolution all writers were condemned. To be a writer was the most dangerous profession. I wrote my first poem aged 16 and destroyed it.”
Jung Chang (born 1952) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how writing was perceived during her childhood and adolescence in “Jung Chang: ‘To be a writer was the most dangerous profession’” in The Guardian (2019 Oct 13)
“’I will get to the idea that I dreamed you,’ he said. Because the truth is that I've known you for a long time, but I like you more when I dream of you. Then I make of you what I want. Not like now that, as you see, we have not been able to do anything.”
Juan Rulfo (1917–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s best if you go out in the world knowing more than one language, I don’t care what the language is. It’s good for your brain to dream in another language. It gives you a clue, another perspective, a way of understanding, some compassion for other people—even if it’s just because you know how to joke in another language. (1991)”
Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The lights of the city on hills make a vertical shimmer from sky straight into the water, like a backdrop, like a dream. (p37)”
Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They spotlight those who walk like a dream, with no one waiting in the shadows to palm them back to living.”
Lorna Dee Cervantes (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People often forget that everything they say, everything they do, think, feel, dream, has effect, which to me is being Indian, knowing that. That's part of what I call "being Indian" or "tribal consciousness.”
“I dream of a Bolivia free of satanic inigenous rites, the city is not for the Indians who can leave to the plateau or the Chaco!!”
Jeanine Áñez (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Reader, my story ends with freedom; not in the usual way, with marriage….The dream of my life is not yet realized. I do not sit with my children in a home of my own.”
Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you're a slave you dream / of either owning slaves or freeing them.”
Bernardine Evaristo (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was too cold to dream (“1964”)”
Ahdaf Soueif (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I mean no disrespect to any of our current climate at all, but I have been an actor for almost two decades now, and this is a dream come true to be able to create a network comedy that just makes people laugh…What I love about comedy is that, like music, sports and food, it brings us all together.”
Kal Penn (born 1977) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his show Sunnyside in “Kal Penn Talks Putting A Twist On Immigration Narrative With ‘Sunnyside’ & Chances For Another ‘Harold And Kumar’ Movie” in Deadline (2019 Sep 26)
“may i spin a poem around you come let's step into my web and dream of freedom together”
Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“let's build what we become when we dream”
Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the American dream is still what gets us out of bed every day, that life can be better…”
Vanessa Hua (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We know only the ordinary states of consciousness in which we live; we do not have complete knowledge of reality. When we are awake, we are totally immersed in our waking world. When we dream, our activities, our world, and our understanding are completely different from when we are awake. When we go into the state of deep sleep, we lose consciousness altogether.”
Muktananda (1908–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“my dream would be to have an Ordinary Girls TV show that has a very inclusive writers’ room that’s full of queer, Afro-Latina and people of color writers that prioritize and center our stories.”
Jaquira Díaz (born 1901) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Remezcla (2019)
“There is a reason for African Americans to feel a lot of pride. Detroiters faced a lot of obstacles related to home ownership, which was a cornerstone of the American dream, but they achieved it nonetheless.”
Angela Flournoy (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For all the booksellers and librarians who've supported me this past decade, I'm so grateful that you've kept this dream of mine alive and well. And lastly, for all my readers, but especially the ones who have struggled with life. You know who you are. I know who you are. There are so many more pages in our stories, so please don't close the book. Keep turning and turning and turning.”
Adam Silvera (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you and your children were starving, if you saw violence and murder every single day, and just on the horizon is a safe country where people are allowed to dream, can make a decent living, of course you would cross the border. Any mother or father in their right mind would. We need to have compassion for this.”
Hilary Bettis first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On why Mexicans cross the border in “The Borders of Our Lives” (American Theatre; Feb 2018)
“There is no way to find this out, No way to wake up from the dream, No method to remove the doubt, Save knowledge of the State Supreme.”
Gopi Krishna (yogi) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What I aver is not a dream Nor wishful thought nor fantasy Though it may now fantastic seem”
Gopi Krishna (yogi) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This promised dream-world, as designed For man, by Heaven that has imbued With these ideals the human mind, Will ne’er be given up but pursued.”
Gopi Krishna (yogi) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the “young adult” age is such a critical period of our lives. Young adults are still young enough to dream of magic and possibility, yet old enough to think for themselves and to begin to make real change in the world.”
Stacey Lee first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On why young adult literature is so important in “Safer Is Not Always Better: An Interview With Stacey Lee” in Musing (2019 Aug 13)
“I had a dream I got everything I wanted Not what you'd think And if I'm being honest It might have been a nightmare To anyone who might care”
Billie Eilish (born 2001) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: everything i wanted" · First live performance, Mexico City (12 December 2019)
“I had a dream I got everything I wanted But when I wake up, I see You with me And you say As long as I'm here No one can hurt you Don't wanna lie here But you can learn to If I could change the way that you see yourself You wouldn't wonder why you hear "They don't deserve you”
Billie Eilish (born 2001) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…When I’m not working, I safeguard my time to go into a dream state and not have to think about the commercialization of my art or the commodification of myself...”
Liz Phair (born 1967) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On separating herself from her stage persona in “In Conversation: Liz Phair” in Vulture (Sept 2019)
“That same day a little before dusk the young man appeared in the valley with his caravan. He wore the very same dress and the foreign sun hat which I had seen in my dream, and in the morning vision.”
Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want to finish what we started. I want us not to abandon the revolutionary dream some of us touched and made in 2020-2021 — of a world where community care, mutual aid for collective survival and a refusal to obey are not just possible, they make up the bones of the new world.”
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s nothing to dream about in heaven.”
Ron English (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In heaven, no one can hear you dream.”
Ron English (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The constitution of Pakistan clearly states that a person belonging to only one religion can become the Prime Minister of the country. Baba Sahib's constitution says that any citizen of India can become Prime Minister, CM, or mayor. It is my dream that a day will come when a hijab-clad daughter will become the Prime Minister of this country," Owaisi was quoted as saying by ANI.”
Asaduddin Owaisi (born 1969) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2026,
“I want to tell that story to people that, even though I was chasing my dream, I still was able to get my education…I really want young girls to want to go to college. My grandma and my momma will be so proud too.”
Megan Thee Stallion (born 1995) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On pursuing her higher education while launching her music career in “'When a woman raps, she spitting!' Megan Thee Stallion, the hot girl taking over hip-hop” in The Guardian (2020 May 8)
“Doth Nature know our dream, or is the mind A passing breath her beauty leaves behind?”
Thomas Gordon Hake (1809–1895) said by 1895 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Remember this: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"? That’s an ideal worth defending. But do liberals even believe it anymore?”
Rod Dreher (born 1967) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Honky Cat Biden's Ugly Truth" (22 May 2020), The American Conservative
“Students from everywhere come to this beautiful part of our country that we've lived in and know and love, and when they do, they find they love it too. I think part of it is that they find such a warm reception here in Savannah and at SCAD, and they find that anything is possible. It's the ultimate American dream to think that you can create whatever you want for yourself and your career.”
Paula Wallace first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How One Atlanta Teacher Built a College from Scratch, Southern Living (January 2017)
“If I had money, I would enjoy flying to Mars... This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am ready to fly without coming back.”
Valentina Tereshkova (born 1937) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in First woman in space dreams of flying to Mars, Reuters, source: the Komsomoskaya Pravda daily (6 March 2007)