Quote by Marya Mannes
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of e

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. – Marya Mannes

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People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are. – Marya Mannes

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Horses
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For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves. – Marya Mannes

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alone
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It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better. – Marya Mannes

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communication
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Other Quotes from
Dreams
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Its weird to say, but every time I look at my daughter and I see this little living breathing thing that came from me, that represents all of the hopes and dreams that I would want for her, I see a miracle. – Josh Gad

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Dreams

At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable. – Christopher Reeve

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Dreams

We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity. – Raoul Vaneigem

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Dreams

I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you. – Roy Orbison

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Dreams

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I think as a young actress, its very rare that you read something where youre not either the girl or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast. – Sienna Miller

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Romantic

Its like you always have to put on a happy face, be the phony baloney, and Im so not that. I never was that Ill never be that. That is part of the business that I dont like. Maybe that will always keep me an outsider, I dont know. But thats fine. – Chloe Sevigny

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Business

Dont worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, youll have to ram them down peoples throats. – Howard Aiken

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Business

Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution? – Rand Paul

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Fear