“I didn’t come to Washington to fight against my Republican colleagues, or even against my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. I came to Washington to fight for the values that make our country unique – for the economic freedom that gives life to the American Dream.”
— David Schweikert
“If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries’ freedom will remain a distant dream.”
— Salman Rushdie
“The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing one brand of idea.”
— Max Lerner
“The American Dream is about freedom.”
— Rick Mears
“There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.”
— Archibald MacLeish
“I think that short films often contain an originality, a creative freedom, an energy and an invention that is inspiring and entertaining. I think they are, as Shakespeare put it, a good deed in a naughty world.”
— Kenneth Branagh
“I want you to have this feeling too – it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom.”
— Dmitri Mendeleev
“The American dream is about freedom.”
— Nancy Pelosi
“My dream is to reform the legal system over the next 20 years.”
— David Eagleman
“There’s a misconception about Barack Obama as a former constitutional law professor. First of all, there are plenty of professors who are ‘legal relativists.’ They tend to view legal principles as relative to whatever they’re trying to achieve.”
— Jonathan Turley
“We need to remain a nation that doesn’t just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.”
— Ted Cruz
“The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.”
— Barbara Bush
“There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks.”
— William S. Burroughs
“It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake.”
— Bille August
“We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.”
— O. Henry
“However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.”
— Paracelsus
“The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life, without a dream?”
— Edmond Rostand
“No dream is ever chased alone.”
— Rahul Dravid
“When we dream alone it is only a dream, but when many dream together it is the beginning of a new reality.”
— Friedensreich Hundertwasser
“With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.”
— Arthur Erickson
“I escaped to New York, and then L.A., but when I dream of home, I still dream of my old house in Holmdel.”
— Lorene Scafaria
“Delhi is my emotional home. I still dream of owning a home there.”
— Kabir Bedi
“Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Your life may change, but your dream doesn’t have to. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it.”
— Tom Clancy
“Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn’t mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense – the idea that anyone can make it.”
— Fareed Zakaria
“You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won’t sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire.”
— Jillian Michaels
“It’s very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it’s not inspiring for your workout.”
— Cheryl Tiegs
“Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.”
— Barbara Januszkiewicz
“Let’s face it: fitness is boring. But it’s critical to be extremely dedicated to whatever you decide to take up to achieve a desired result. There’s no way you are going to get there without dedication, which is the key for me.”
— Harbhajan Singh
“I’m freakishly competitive, so I set a date to achieve a certain weight or fitness.”
— Jamie Bamber
“The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before physical change.”
— Matt McGorry