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“It is always more convenient to dream of what might be.”
B. Traven (1882–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At three hundred feet... pressure... is ten times that at the surface. ...The organs collapse. The heart beats at a quarter of its normal rate, slower than... in a . Senses disappear. The brain enters a dream state.”
James Nestor (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Body half buried in sand, still it's lolling its tongue. Over this invertebrate's head, pebbles and brine rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, flowing, flowing, ah so quietly as a dream flowing.”
Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The air of the countryside is gloomy and oppressive, the touch of the countryside is gritty and sickening, when I sometimes think of the countryside, I'm tormented by the smell of animal skin coarse in texture.I fear the countryside, the countryside is a pale fever dream.”
Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The human lodges collapsed on the ground are asleep like huge spiders. In lonely pitch-dark nature animals tremble with fear and threatened by some Dream Demon are howling sadly pale.”
Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I joined the military, some 50 years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens — much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside.”
Jim Mattis (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m not there now to represent beauty; I’m there to represent a different dream. It may be defined as joyfulness; life goes on and there are many chapters. I think that’s why they keep me.”
Isabella Rossellini (born 1952) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On what she feels like she symbolizes now for Lancôme in “Isabella Rossellini: ‘Ageing brings a lot of happiness. You get fatter – but there is freedom’” in The Guardian (2020 Oct 13)
“Making a documentary is like having a dream. You can’t really anticipate what it will be. You have to constantly yield to whatever is manifested before you, to have the courage for whatever is revealed to you. Whatever truth confesses itself, even if it’s not what you anticipated. To just be a mirror. To invite in whatever arrives. To reflect it as loyally.”
Scott Crary (born 1978) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in “Filmmaker Scott Crary on KILL YOUR IDOLS” in AMFM Magazine (10 September 2020)
“We did know that the American dream of home ownership for everyone was being sabotaged by exploding property taxes. The entire basis of free government in America was being destroyed by virtually unlimited taxation, which can only lead first to bankruptcy and then to dictatorship.”
Howard Jarvis (1903–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's been a dream working with a bunch of guys who all love Batman, and have been reading the comics for years. We're staying true to the essence of Batman, but also trying to give it our own spin.”
Jeff Matsuda (born 1970) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jeff Matsuda update (February 9, 2004)
“It's basically every kid's dream to work on a Batman show.”
Jeff Matsuda (born 1970) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Introducing an Old-Time Hero To a New Generation (September 19, 2004)
“I haven’t been able to sleep before entering the house; I’m that thrilled to share the same stage as him. It’s an absolute dream come true.”
Nikki Tamboli (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would tell you that the West is sadly fallen. What men knew once, they know no longer, nor want to know. It is all iron and edged blades, and lord smiting lord for a fistful of power. They dream of empires, and they kill for a furlong of wasteland. “But I, my lord, I want to know what the world is.”
Judith Tarr (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We all must wake up because this is a time to arise from slumber and make our dream come true.”
Lazarus Chakwera (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My dream participation would be to make as much money as humanly possible for doing nothing whatsoever.”
Fred Dekker (born 1959) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘The Monster Squad’ Was Released 25 Years Ago Today: Fred Dekker Talks About the Film’s Reception and Anniversary (August 14, 2012)
“The majority of people that get involved in film music are kind of like me, who had a dream and fell in love with it and then pursued it on the base of their mad love for it. My advice to the young aspiring composer is that film composing is about the long journey, about developing over a period of time, of hopefully creating a career that is constantly rising.”
Christopher Young (born 1954) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Christopher Young (July 10, 2019)
“I grew up watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and used to dream that I would grow up to be just like her. In a way, Teen Wolf has a lot of those kinds of characters. We're just kids by day, and yet we're trying to fight demons and werewolves and bad people and save people that we love.”
Arden Cho (born 1985) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Arden Cho Talks Teen Wolf, Her Audition Process, Her Favorite Scene and Episode This Season, and More" in Collider (3 March 2014)
“Having the opportunity to play Ki-Jung in Parasite has been a dream. Every moment I’ve felt fortunate to be a part of this journey. And most importantly, I’ve just met so many great people along the way, not only Bong [Joon-ho] but the crew, other actors. I’m still processing the year in a lot of ways; I’m checking Instagram regularly to see how the world is receiving the film.”
Park So-dam (born 1991) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Park So-dam - Introducing the Korean actor and star of the Golden Globe winning phenomenon, Parasite." in Wonderland Magazine (6 January 2020)
“I always dream that I have Anita on my lap and Sofía by her side; that I kiss them by turns and that both tell me: ‘Remain with us, papá, and don’t return to Madrid’. I awake soaked in tears, and at this very moment that I write this, I cannot contain the tears that drop from my eyes.”
Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850–1896) first seen 1893 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Marcelo H. del Pilar to his wife Chanay [Marciana del Pilar] (3 August 1893)
“The dream of every cell is to become two cells.”
François Jacob (1920–2013) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Originated from paraphrase of a paragraph in Chance and Necessity (1970, p20) by Jacques Monod:
“Be proud to be Asian. Be proud to be American. You've earned the right to be both and we can all work together to be a united America. That's the hope. That's the dream.”
Daniel Dae Kim (born 1968) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: We're looking for help": Daniel Wu and Daniel Dae Kim on the fight against anti-Asian American violence" in CBS News (9 February 2021)
“Since I started on social networks, it has always been a dream to gain my first million followers, and now I have two?”
Rayssa Leal (born 2008) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“San Francisco has always been a dream. And the Golden Gate Bridge and Hollywood, I’d love to see them too.”
Hanoi Hannah (1931–2016) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "‘Hanoi Hannah’ Fondly Remembers Her Role" in Los Angeles Times (4 April 1998)
“I didn’t want to infuse positivism forcefully, but I wanted it to spread naturally. Hope is the only weapon we have most of the time, isn’t it? If we don’t dream and be hopeful, how would we survive! (about the overall subtle positivity in Village Rockstars)”
Rima Das (born 1977) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: SilverScreenIndia Article - Making A Zero Budget Movie: The Tale Of Assamese Filmmaker Rima Das’s ‘Village Rockstars’ - 20 November 2017 - Archive
“It was my dream! I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It’s like, wow, is martial arts only a show?”
Wong Kar-wai (born 1958) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Demonstrative Wong Kar Wai" in Interview Magazine (22 August 2013)
“An angel of heaven appeared to me in a dream: «I was sent by providence to warn you. Do know, lonely wanderer, that for everything you have done: traveling around the globe, books, photo exhibitions... you will be severely punished in old age! Nobody will give you even a mug of water…» — «Go away, depressive nerd bore.. — I interrupted the feathered one, — you utter banal phrases!»”
Viktor Pinchuk (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hitler did not arrive at January 30th, 1933, in a dream.”
James Mason (neo-Nazi) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When democracy is recovered in Vietnam, I can say that my dream has come true. I can go back to my life. I would like to go back to my own province, my native province. That’s the best place.”
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in an 1992 interview with The Boston Globe
“I came through the fire, and I am so blessed to be with you today. My dream is that one day, all people will live without fear, in real peace, with no fighting and no hostility.”
Phan Thi Kim Phuc (born 1963) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Napa, “napalm girl” Kim Phuc shares story of suffering and forgiveness in Vietnam and beyond" in Napa Valley Register (24 February 2019)
“As is known, free life in a just society was the cherished dream of our people for centuries. In the name of achieving this sacred goal, they fought selflessly, courageously overcoming the most difficult trials on their way. No foreign yoke and violence could break the people in their noble striving for freedom.”
Shavkat Mirziyoyev (born 1957) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Our independence will always be the brightest, unfading page in the glorious history of Uzbekistan" in Korea Post (1 September 2021)
“To be standing there and thinking about when I was 9 years old and now nearly 21, I had finally achieved my goal and my dream”
Kirsty Coventry (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today, ecumenism in Ukraine is still a dream.”
Claudio Gugerotti (born 1955) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Apostolic Nuncio speaks on conditions in Ukraine (31 January 2018)
“Six years ago, I didn’t hope, I didn’t dream that in 1995 I would win the presidential election. But the situation in Poland changed very fast, and became totally unpredictable. Poland is going on this democratic way faster than we thought before.”
Aleksander Kwaśniewski (born 1954) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Aleksander Kwasniewski : Rising From the Ashes of Communism in Poland" in Los Angeles Times (3 December 1995)
“I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Transparency Rwanda wins governance award", The New Times (June 6, 2012)
“My dream is to one day see a nurse who is a presidemnt of a country, and i really think that country will be so well run, because it will take that holistic approach as to how people should be alive and how people should be well and look at the well being of everybody.”
Sheila Tlou (born 1950) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sheila Tlou; Nursing Now Co-Chair Professor Tlou talks about her nursing journey: Nursing now challenge, Youtube channel.(21 October 2019) Retrieved on the 16th November 2021.
“Where to begin? The pain I am in, hard to know when to stop. Out of the blue a dream came true, only to see it drop. I'm no genius where love's concerned, more fool me to pretend. Whatever it takes, while my heart aches I'll never love again.”
Gilbert O'Sullivan (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The two biggest challenges that i face all my life as a young leader has always been my age and gender. Coming from an exclusively patriarchal or masculine society rather l have always been perceived to be a bit of a wrong gender to achieve and reach certain milestones and a bit too young to dream, to be ambitious to be an active agent of change and a catalyst of development.”
Gogontlejang Phaladi first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Changemaker 24: Gogontlejang Phaladi - Executive Director Pillar of Hope Project,Youtube (16 May 2016) Retrieved 25 November 2021.
“When you dream of something, you just have to put your mind to it. You will come across several stumbling blocks, but you just have to keep trying until you achieve your goal. Meet Miss Botswana 2009, Rudeboy Necta, 2009.”
Sumaiyah Marope (born 1985) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Botswana: Young Muslim Beauty Can't Believe It's True ,by Monkgethi Gaotlhobogwe, AllAfrica 5 May, 2009, retrieved 12 November 2022
“The palm is a plant of the fancy; an enchanted fairy child, snatched from the dream of a god; its shaft rises straight and wonderful, whilst the pleasing and soft undulations of its leaves are an alluring dance of the Graces.”
Maximilian I of Mexico (1832–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Recollections of My Life, new ed. (London: Richard Bentley, 1868), vol. 1, pp. 21-22
“My dream is to write with both pens, in English and Chinese. I want to be more truthful and more straightforward when I write in English.”
Geling Yan (born 1958) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chinese writer finds freedom in English" in Reuters (22 April 2009)
“I’ve always been a creative person and my dream of getting into the industry took off in Kenya high school.”
Emma Miloyo (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was studying tourism at college and wanted to travel the world as a tour guide – that was my dream! But actually sometimes modeling feels quite similar, because I travel so much – probably even more than tour guiding.”
Liu Wen (model) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Liu Wen Talks Style, Diversity And What It Means To Be China’s First Supermodel" in Marie Claire (3 March 2016)
“I therefore look forward to collaborating with other delegates to chart the way for a better a new Nigeria. We all want to see a positive transform Nigeria and I therefore urge all of us to work individually and collectively so as to set the right agenda for the Nigeria of our dream.”
Dora Akunyili (1954–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Challenges are normal, going above them and still achieving your dream is humane. Always look at the goal and not the challenges at the side.”
Mercy Johnson (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I once dared to dream and if I could succeed, then so can you!”
Folorunsho Alakija (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The identity integrity and gift to dream again people saw and learn from my life especially as a person living with disability NOW.”
Adenike Oyetunde (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I didn’t know how I was going to ever fulfill my dream.”
Praise Matemavi (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I dream of being held. Of being touched. Of being desired again. Of being recognized. Of not having to worry about what other people might one day think of this, might already be thinking.”
Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you know me, you would know that I love football and film. It’s a dream come true. ‘Onyeegwu’ was a story I wanted to tell for a long time but it was such a big journey”
Uche Jombo (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If there is something you are truly passionate about: a dream, a business concept, or anything that holds significant value to you… If you find yourself navigating a challenging period”
Adesuwa Etomi (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source