American Dream Quotes - Page 2

• The truth is that I've always been fascinated with wealth in America. To me, it's been about the American dream and the corruption of that dream.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Dream, America, Wealth

  "Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio Talk THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, THE DEPARTED, THE AVIATOR, GANGS OF NEW YORK, Jack Nicholson, and Much More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 9, 2014.

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• My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once-scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become governor of the state of California and then stand here... then stand here in Madison Square Garden and speak on behalf of the president of the United States - that is an immigrant's dream. It is the American dream.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Dream, Growing Up, Motivation

  "Schwarzenegger: No country more welcoming than the USA". Arnold Schwarzenegger's speech at the Republican National Convention in New York City, edition.cnn.com. August 31, 2004.

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• The REAL American Dream is not about a garage full of new cars, winning the lottery, or retiring to a life of ease in Florida. It's about doing work that has meaning, work that makes a difference, and doing that work with people you care about.

  Joe Tye

  Dream, Real, Winning

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• I'm the granddaughter of a factory worker from Scranton, Pennsylvania. He went to work in the same lace mill every day for 50 years. He believed he passed it down to my dad, who passed it down to me, that if he did what he was supposed to do, he'd have a good life and his kids would have an even better life. That is the American dream. That is what we believe in, that's what we've got to keep going generation after generation.

  Hillary Clinton

  Dream, Dad, Good Life

  Source: time.com

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• The American Dream never really existed. It was a marketing scam.

  James Altucher

  Dream, Marketing, Scams

  "10 Reasons You Have to Quit Your Job in 2014" by James Altucher, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2014.

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• You cannot give up on the American dream. We cannot allow our fears and our disappointments to lead us into silence and into inaction.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Giving Up, Disappointment

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• American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in their dreams.

  Pico Iyer

  Dream, Heart, America

  FaceBook post by Pico Iyer from Jan 09, 2011

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  Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

  John Steinbeck

  Roots, America, Usa

  Attributed in "A Short History of Progress" by Ronald Wright, Toronto: Anansi Press, (pp. 124), 2004.

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• The best work of literature to represent the American Dream is 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It shows us how dreaming can be tainted by reality, and that if you don't compromise, you may suffer.

  Azar Nafisi

  Dream, Reality, Suffering

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• Free market capitalism is far more than economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility-the highway to the American Dream.

  George W. Bush

  Dream, Mobility, Politics

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• I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard.

  Paula Deen

  Dream, Alive, Proof

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• There is no Croatian dream. There is no European Union dream. There is no Chinese communist dream, except maybe to get out. But there is and always has been an American dream. And the dream is possible. The dream can become real.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Dream, Real, Chinese

  Source: origin-www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• From the very beginning, the American dream meant proving to all mankind that freedom, justice, human rights and democracy were no utopia but were rather the most realistic policy there is and the most likely to improve the fate of each and every person.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Dream, Fate, Rights

  Nicolas Sarkozy's Speech before U.S. Congress, www.nysun.com. November 7, 2007.

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• To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Dream, Important, Realizing

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• The American Dream is one of the greatest ideas in the history of human achievement . . . It thrives today in an age when its core components of freedom and opportunity are open to more Americans than ever before. It holds a real, identifiable place in the American heart and mind, and it informs the aspirations of everyone from farmers to software developers, from detectives to bankers, from soldiers to social workers . . . It defines us as a people, even as we add to its meaning with each new chapter in our national experience and our individual actions.

  Dan Rather

  Dream, Real, Heart

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• If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own a home, not go bankrupt because you got sick, 'cause you've got some health insurance that helps you deal with those difficult times; that you can send your kids to college; that you can put some money away for retirement. That's all most people want. Folks don't have unrealistic ambitions. They do believe that if they work hard, they should be able to achieve that small measure of an American dream.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Retirement, Believe

  Remarks by the President at Conveyor Engineering and Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. January 25, 2012.

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• No, I’m not an American. I’m one of the 22 million black people who are the victims of Americanism. One of the … victims of democracy, nothing but disguised hypocrisy. So, I’m not standing here speaking to you as an American, or a patriot, or a flag-saluter, or a flag-waver - no, not I. I’m speaking as a victim of this American system. And I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don’t see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.

  Malcolm X

  Dream, People, Hypocrisy

  "The Ballot or the Bullet". Malcolm X's Speech at Cory Methodist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, teachingamericanhistory.org. April 3, 1964.

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• We need men who can dream of things that never were.

  John F. Kennedy

  Motivational, Dream, Inspiration

  Address Before the Irish Parliament, delivered 28 June 1963, Dublin, Ireland

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• As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.

  James D. Watson

  Dream, Fruit, Educator

  "Watson retires". Prof. James D. Watson's statement on blacks and whites just before his retirement from the post of Chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York State, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2007.

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• I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Dream, Country, Done

  "Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award Winner". www.achievement.org. June 17, 1994.

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• College is part of the American dream. It shouldnt be part of a financial nightmare for families

  Barbara Mikulski

  Dream, College, Financial

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• When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.

  J. C. Watts

  Dream, Chance, Share

  Remarks of Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., to the Republican National Convention in San Diego on Tuesday night, www.cnn.com. 1996.

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• The American dream is about achieving happiness. When you become a fire fighter, a police officer or a teacher or a nurse, you know you're not going to become a billionaire. And what my parents achieved working as a bartender and a maid at a hotel after arriving here with nothing, no education, no money. The first words my dad learned in English where I'm looking for a job.You know what my parents achieved? They owned a home in a safe and stable neighborhood. They retired with dignity and they left all four of their children better off than themselves.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Teacher, Children

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

  Max Beerbohm

  Dream, Talking, Listening

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• Everybody has dreams. You are living the American dream, what's wrong with pushing to secure it for everyone?

  Bob Ross

  Dream, Pushing, Secure

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