“Everybody here wanted something more, searching for a sound we hadn't heard before.”— Taylor Swift, open.spotify.com
“I learned that the world didn't see the inside of you, that it didn't care a whit about hopes and dreams, and sorrows, that lay masked by skin and bone. It was simple, as absurd, and as cruel as that.”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“'Do you have a camera?' Thalia said. 'No.' 'Have you ever taken a picture?' 'No.' 'And you want to be a photographer?' 'You find that strange?' 'A little.' 'So if I said I wanted to be a policeman, you'd think that was strange too? Because I've never slapped handcuffs on anyone?'”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“They depict in a willful form the very real distress of men who in the face of hard conditions of work and life search desperately for the right way.”— Helmut Richter, amazon.com
“The dream reveals the reality, which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life—the terror of art.”— Franz Kafka, amazon.com
“It's alchemy. Alchemy turns common metals into precious ones. Dreams work the same way. Turning something awful into...something better.”— Sharon Lee Watson, David Rossi, Joe Mantegna, imdb.com
“You may have people telling you, your goals are impossible but those people are scared. They don't DREAM BIG LIKE YOU! Tell 'em YOU see it in your FUTURE.”— Missy Elliott, twitter.com
“Don’t give up when things [are] not moving at a fast pace! Most SUCCESS stories come with struggles first! It’s about having that DRIVE & you have to see yourself already making it BIG even when u haven’t yet because that will help give u that DETERMINATION.”— Missy Elliott, twitter.com
“I never LOOKED the part [that] I was always DIFFERENT. My STYLE & SOUND which took many more than one listen to understand me, but I didn’t know how to be anyone but MYSELF, & here I am, a walking TESTIMONY for those who been told it won’t work. I say KEEP DOING YOU.”— Missy Elliott, twitter.com
“Your brain is wired to turn emotional states into movies, your dreams are very well written”— Charlie Kaufman, soundcloud.com
“It takes a lot of strength to speak in public about your goals. And their strength proves the transformation that can happen when a young woman, at a crucial stage of her life, is empowered with the simple message that her dreams do matter.”— Melinda Gates, gatesfoundation.org
“Some people should stop worrying about what others are doing and focus on their own dreams and goals.”— Jeffree Star, twitter.com
“I don’t believe your dreams are something to be reached. Your dreams are something to be loved daily.”— Jay Shetty, twitter.com
“Dream big, they say. Shoot for the stars. Then they lock us away for 12 years and tell us where to sit, when to pee and what to think. Then we turn 18 and even though we've never had an original thought, we have to make the most important decision of our lives.”— Nic Sheff, Hannah Baker, Katherine Langford, imdb.com
“If people always thought this way, there could never be progress or innovation or change. We would be stagnant forever, fearfully clinging to a past that was never as good as we like to pretend it was.”— Elan Gale, twitter.com
“I’m working on seeing and appreciating what’s already around me, and not just what I aspire to.”— Brittany Packnett, twitter.com