"I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world."

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Source : L. Frank Baum (2013). “Oz, the Complete Collection, Volume 4: Rinkitink in Oz; The Lost Princess of Oz; The Tin Woodman of Oz”, p.157, Simon and Schuster

L. Frank Baum

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Dream Quotes

“Men die but sorrow never dies.”

Source : "The Cradle Tomb in Westminster Abbey". Poem by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, www.bartleby.com. 1902.
“War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.”

Source : Ernie Pyle (2004). “Here is Your War: Story of G.I. Joe”, p.117, U of Nebraska Press
“This is the God of the gospel of grace. A God who, out of love for us, sent the only Son He ever had wrapped in our skin. He learned how to walk, stumbled and fell, cried for His milk, sweated blood in the night, was lashed with a whip and showered with spit, was fixed to a cross, and died whispering forgiveness on us all.”

Source : Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.26, Multnomah
“Always avoid picking up hitch-hikers who are wearing a mask.”
“I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.”
“Every spoken word arouses our self-will.”
“When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. Thats what writing a screenplay is.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. January 13, 2009.
“In a land which is fully settled, most men must accept their local environment or try to change it by political means; only the exceptionally gifted or adventurous can leave to seek his fortune elsewhere. In America, on the other hand, to move on and make a fresh start somewhere else is still the normal reaction to dissatisfaction and failure.”

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