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To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has becom

To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature. – Ernst Fischer

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In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it. – Ernst Fischer

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Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. – Wilma Rudolph

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Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true. – Lorenz Hart

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He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone. – Fred A. Allen

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Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake. – Matthew Prior

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