"It isn't a circle--it is simply a long line--as in geometry, you know, one that reaches into infinity. And because we cannot see the end--we also cannot see how it changes. And it is very odd by those who see the changes--who dream, who will not give up--are called idealists...and those who see only the circle we call them the "realists"!"

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Source : Lorraine Hansberry (2011). “A Raisin in the Sun”, p.116, Vintage

Lorraine Hansberry

#Dream Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Circles Quotes

“You know what, maybe I just want a different kind of life. Maybe I want to open an antique store and coffee shop, and have a different kind of life.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.”
“A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.”
“I learned in America that Americans are into results. Americans don't care where you came from, what your family did, what school you graduated from. They care about if you can deliver the results. That's what makes America the country it is.”

Source : "Burnett is reality TV survivor". www.cnn.com. April 19, 2004.
“Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer.”
“If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.”
“Women hope that the dead love may revive; but men know that of all dead things none are so past recall as a dead passion.”
“God has opened many doors of opportunity throughout my lifetime, but I believe the greatest of those doors was allowing me to be born in the United States of America.”

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