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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
William James
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    • #energy
    • #dreams
    • #hard work
  • 1 month ago
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I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
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There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.
Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things
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    • #love hurts
    • #fragile
  • 1 year ago
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There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, ‘Yes, I’ve got dreams, of course I’ve got dreams.’ Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they’re still there.
Erma Bombeck
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    • #hesitation
  • 2 years ago
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Tonight I’ll show you how dreams are prepared. As you can see, a very delicate combination of complex ingredients is the key […]love, friendships, relationships. All those ships.
Gael García Bernal, The Science of Sleep
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    • #friendship
    • #love
    • #movie
    • #relationships
  • 3 years ago
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That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.
Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
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    • #dreams
  • 3 years ago
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I had a dream last night and you were in it, you waved to me, maybe you were waving goodbye.
Drew Barrymore, Mad Love
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    • #dreams
  • 3 years ago
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My 4th quarter pipe dreams are seeming more and more worth fighting for
Kimya Dawson, Loose Lips
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    • #courage
    • #lyrics
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  • 3 years ago
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