#dream

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#been #before #believe #champion #dream

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. ↗

— Voltaire

#dream #embarrasses #exists #i #me

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#alone #body #brain #dream #every

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can't remember Tell the things you can't forget that History puts a saint in every dream. ↗

— Tom Waits

#dream #every #forget #getting #history

My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#artist #being #dream #her #illustrator

The lamentable expression: 'But it was only a dream", the increasing use of which - among others in the domain of the cinema - has contributed not a little to encourage such hypocrisy, has for a long while ceased to merit discussion. ↗

— André Breton

#reality #surrealism #dreams

How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it. ↗

— Jim Valvano

#enthusiasm #go #goal #how #i

Of course not! I knew you would protect me. You swore that you were strong enough to protect Vivienne, didn’t you? How can you promise to protect my sister, but not trust yourself to keep me safe?” The music swelled to a crescendo. Although Adrian kept her imprisoned against the muscular length of his body, he gave up all pretense of dancing. “Because I don’t lose my wits every time Vivienne walks into a room. I don’t toss and turn in my bed every night dreaming of making love to her. She doesn’t drive me to distraction with her endless questions, her incessant snooping, her harebrained schemes.” His voice rose. “I can trust myself to protect your sister because I’m not in love with her! ↗

— Teresa Medeiros

#dreams

If I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story. ↗

— Marion Cotillard

#dream #during #finish #go #i

It was a dream come true performing with her and just being on the same record. So in my eyes, she was the epitome of a great voice and for us to share together was awesome. ↗

— Deborah Cox

#being #come #dream #epitome #eyes