Shadows can only exist where there is light.
Will I ever realize the American Dream? Maybe, if I keep dreaming, hoping and working harder and harder every single day, and being mindful of the fact that the American Dream, just like genius and success, is, in Thomas Edison__ words, __ne percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration_ (BrainyQuote). Just because some people realize the American Dream at an early age doesn__ mean others will never realize it a little bit later, sometimes when they almost stop dreaming. The American Dream has no deadline. For millions of immigrants who traveled thousands of miles _ either by air, or by boat, by walking, or even by swimming _ to reach the land of opportunity and the land of the free, the Dream is, like hope, the last thing to die.
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Will I ever realize the American Dream? Maybe, if I keep dreaming, hoping and working harder and harder every single day, and being mindful of the fact that the American Dream, just like genius and success, is, in Thomas Edison__ words, __ne percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration_ (BrainyQuote). Just because some people realize the American Dream at an early age doesn__ mean others will never realize it a little bit later, sometimes when they almost stop dreaming. The American Dream has no deadline. For millions of immigrants who traveled thousands of miles _ either by air, or by boat, by walking, or even by swimming _ to reach the land of opportunity and the land of the free, the Dream is, like hope, the last thing to die.
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