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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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Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. – 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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My dreams for the future are simple: work, a happy, healthy family, a lovely long motorcycle ride, and continuing the struggle to awaken people to the need for serious human rights reform. – Mike Farrell

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Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up. – Judd Nelson

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I think I am done with Wikipedia for the time being. But I have a secret hope. Someone recently proposed a Wikimorgue – a bin of broken dreams where all rejects could still be read, as long as they werent libelous or otherwise illegal. – Nicholson Baker

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Dream study impacts culture. We are put in touch with the inner poet who dreams. We hear our inner, subjective response to the outer world. That helps spiritualize our lives. – Henry Reed

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I think Im an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist. – Susan Sarandon

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Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. – Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, 1951

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Envy is the art of counting the other fellows blessings instead of your own. – Harold Coffin

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