American+Dreaming

"All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible." ([|Cite]) - William Faulkner

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"There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams--not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion." - The Great Gatsby (Page 101) F. Scott Fitzgerald

([|Cite]) "Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together." ([|Cite]) - Eugene Ionesco

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"Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever...Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one." - The Great Gatsby (Page ) F. Scott Fitzgerald

([|Cite]) "No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams." ([|Cite]) - Jesse Jackson

Reflection on American Dreaming

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