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• The threat posed by Bank of America isn't just financial - it's a full-blown assault on the American dream. Where's the incentive to play fair and do well, when what we see rewarded at the highest levels of society is failure, stupidity, incompetence and meanness? If this is what winning in our system looks like, who doesn't want to be a loser?

  Matt Taibbi

  Dream, Winning, Play

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• People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

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• We must give Oklahoma families the opportunity to thrive and prosper. We must give all Oklahomans the tools necessary to pursue the American dream. And then, we must get out of the way.

  Brad Henry

  Dream, Opportunity, Oklahoma

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• I love and admire the American culture and the American dream. I learnt so many things about the American shoe industry and marketing strategies. I caught the secrets of American casual wear, that is elegant and wearable, retro and modern, and mixed it with an Italian touch, luxurious and handmade.

  Diego Della Valle

  Dream, Italian, Shoes

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• High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Dream, School, Opportunity

  "Transitioning From Athlete To AuthorHas Opened A Colorful New World". Blivin, J., kareemabduljabbar.com. June 19, 2012.

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• I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare.

  Kenneth Lay

  Dream, Years, Lasts

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• We've heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh. All the things about 'the ugly American' that we worry about and which the Americans see in themselves, it's all of that. This is a politics of egotistical display.

  Billy Bragg

  Dream, Worry, Ugly

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you're willing to work hard. If you're willing to compete, the American dream is there for you.

  Connie Mack IV

  Dream, Believe, Hard Work

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• My greatest hope is to be able to pass the same dreams and hopes and vision that I've been able to enjoy in my life, on to the next generation. Not just for my children - because with a mother like Michelle, my kids are going to be great - but for all children. There are too many children in this country for whom the American dream is so distant and the odds against them are so daunting.

  Barack Obama

  Mother, Dream, Country

  Source: www.oprah.com

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  I was never blinded by the American dream. I have my own dreams. You know what I'm saying? The Joey dream.

  Joey Badass

  Dream, Joey

  Source: www.highsnobiety.com

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• The erosion of equal opportunity is among the greatest threats to our exceptionalism as a nation. But it also provides us with an exciting and historic opportunity: to help more people than ever achieve the American Dream.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Opportunity, Erosion

  Marco Rubio’s speech on poverty, hotair.com. January 8, 2014.

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• My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Dream, Country, Differences

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• The American dream is not about how much money you make or how many buildings have your name on it.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Building

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• The American dream, what we were taught was, grow up, own a car, own a house. I think that dream's completely changing. We were taught to keep up with the Joneses. Now we're sharing with the Joneses.

  Brian Chesky

  Dream, Growing Up, Thinking

  "Airbnb founder wants you to open your doors to strangers - and let them sleep over" by Meena Hart Duerson, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.

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• I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

  Adrian Grenier

  Dream, Thinking, Fluidity

  "From A 'Teenage Paparazzo,' A Lesson About Fame". Interview with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. September 27, 2010.

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• And it's a lie that has consequences, because the great American dream is to have a good job, and in recent years, America has failed to deliver that dream more than it has at any time in recent memory. A good job is an individual's primary identity, their very self-worth, their dignity - it establishes the relationship they have with their friends, community and country. When we fail to deliver a good job that fits a citizen's talents, training and experience, we are failing the great American dream.

  Jim Clifton

  Dream, Country, Jobs

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• Maybe the American Dream is too rich for us now in the U.S. Maybe we're losing it because we are not like our Swedish grandmother who came across the plains, hacked down the trees, and took the Spanish words she encountered and made them hers. Now her great-great-grandchildren sit terrified, wondering what to do with all these Mexicans. The American Dream is an impossible affirmation of possibility. And maybe native-born Americans don't have it anymore. Maybe it has run through their fingers.

  Richard Rodriguez

  Running, Dream, Grandmother

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• Our country, our economy - don't doubt me on this - our economy is based on capitalism. Barack Obama's stated reason for being inspired by Reverend Wright was his speech, 'White man's greed runs a world in need.' That inspired Obama, 'White man's greed runs a world in need.' That's the real American dream. Working hard you will get ahead. But you can't have that if you want to create a permanent underclass. You simply cannot have people getting ahead. It destroys the whole notion of a permanent underclass.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Running, Dream

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Every refugee finds his American dream on the backs of the nightmare of Black suffering in America.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Dream, Black, Suffering

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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• We are now embarked on another venture to put the American dream to work in meeting the new demands of a new day. Once again we must start where men would improve their society have always known they must begin - with an educational system restudied, reinforced, and revitalized.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Education, Dream, Money

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1966). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965”, p.33, Best Books on

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• In the day we sweat it out on the streets on a runaway American dream.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Dream, Work, Sweat

  "Born to Run" (song) (1974)

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• Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Dream, Heart, Journey

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• The jobs crisis has reached a boiling point, which is why we see Occupy Wall Street protestors crying out for an America that lets all of us reach for the American Dream again - a dream that says if you work hard and play by the rules, you can have a good life and retire with dignity.

  John Garamendi

  Dream, Jobs, Good Life

  "House Republicans Continue to Block Commonsense Make It In America Policies" by Rep. John Garamendi, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 26, 2011.

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• Barack Obama was not born into wealth or privilege, yet today his is president of these United States of America. Barack Obama has lived the American Dream. He has walked in our shoes.

  Ken Salazar

  Dream, America, Shoes

  "Coloradans At DNC: Jared Polis, Ken Salazar, Ryan Case And Maria Ciano Speak During Opening Night". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 05, 2012.

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• The idea that a musician can submit music online for the chance to have it promoted to a nationwide audience is the American dream come true, and a major step toward democratizing how music is discovered.

  Ali Partovi

  Dream, Ideas, Steps

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