“I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.” WantLooksI CanDreamRunningGoalRacePositionTerribleFinalsRanDecent Author:Oscar Pistorius
“The artist... standing in the position of mediator between the world of his experience and the world of his dreams - 'a mediator, consequently gifted with twin faculties, a selective faculty and a reproductive faculty.' To equate these faculties was the secret of artistic success.” WorldDreamSuccessArtistSecretPositionStandingArtisticFacultyTwinsGiftedSelectiveMediators Book:Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)
“Stoutly as we may affirm that our disasters and vices are chargeable to luck, we never dream of ascribing our meritorious deeds, in the slightest degree to its agency. In such cases we quite unconsciously blink out of sight the magic power of the latter principle, so wondrous and all-controlling in its influence at other times, and coolly appropriate to ourselves not merely the lion's share, but the whole glory of our position.” MayWholeDreamPrinciplesCasesMagicShareInfluencePositionDegreesGlorySightLuckVicesDeedsDisasterAgencyAppropriateLatterLionsBlinkWondrousMagic Powers Author:William Matthews
“It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don't catch him in a defensive position, he'll admit it. I'd really like to help that man.” IfsMenBookHelpingDreamEnemyWorstPositionAmerican DreamWorst EnemyGreat BookPhilistines Author:Germaine Greer
“I want to hold onto that because I think every kid when they dream about playing basketball, they don't dream about being a role player. They dream about being the man. I have that position in Toronto and to give that up and go somewhere else to be an addition would kinda defeat the purpose of my dreams.” ThinkingMenWantGivingDreamKidsPurposeRolesPlayerPositionHe ManBasketballDefeatSomewhere ElseTorontoPlaying Basketball Author:Chris Bosh