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		Around the world, our cities are not the idealised open, accessible, and cosmopolitan spaces of our dreams. More often than not, they are sectioned and controlled purviews of the radically wealthy, surrounded by clusters of have-nots.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Uzodinma Iweala 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Florence Griffith Joyner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My dreams are all follies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Caldwell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Waldo Emerson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Californians are blessed with the remarkable leadership of Gov. Jerry Brown, who... has led our state to firm fiscal footing and brought us to the enviable position of dreaming - and achieving - big dreams again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gavin Newsom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love New York. It's one of my favorite cities. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Azarenka 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavia Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. Clement Stone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents were super supportive of my big dreams; I was pretty lucky. I guess I became a musician because I didn't see myself doing or loving anything else as much. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madi Diaz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had my freedom, and I had my comfortable life, but I couldn't accept the fact that the politicians were making it increasingly difficult for my kids and millions of others to achieve their dreams as I had achieved mine. So, in 2012, I ran for president. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When violence becomes imbedded in a region, then this affects everything. It affects your dreams, your fantasies and relationships, and your religion becomes violent, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Armstrong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nothing happens unless first we dream. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Sandburg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Markey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Baltasar Gracian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Omar Epps 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If strength is measured by intelligence, honesty and depth of character, then yes, strong women are hot as hell. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paget Brewster 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always thought that there is a great female James Bond movie to be done. I'm not literally calling her Jane Bond, I mean, but a female secret agent. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Sorkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Genius, the Pythian of the beautiful, leaves its large truths a riddle to the dull. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Around the world, our cities are not the idealised open, accessible, and cosmopolitan spaces of our dreams. More often than not, they are sectioned and controlled purviews of the radically wealthy, surrounded by clusters of have-nots. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Uzodinma Iweala