channeling patsy cline: The American Dream...or the American Nightmare

This is an 11th grade English project about the American Dream. It made me cry.

Some of My Favorite Quotes...

Get out there and GET peace, THINK peace, LIVE peace and BREATHE PEACE, and you'll get it as soon as you like." -- John Lennon
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." -- John Lennon
"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die." — Jean-Paul Sartre
"I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don't want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic." — Charles de Lint
"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. " — Kahlil Gibran
"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more." — Erica Jong
"It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and kind." -- Morrissey
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." — George Orwell
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." — Ray Bradbury
"It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime..." — Khaled Hosseini
“Peace is more than just the absence of war. People everywhere seek an inner peace that comes from the human rights to voice their views, choose their leaders, feed their families and raise healthy children.” --Jimmy Carter
"There are years that ask questions and years that answer." --Zora Neale Hurston
"For every ounce of true awareness, we pay a pound of pain." --Skip Schneider
“...and sniffed me out like I was Tanqueray..." — Amy Winehouse, from "You Know I'm No Good". Not sure why I like that line so much, but I do. Maybe the mention of Tanqueray?
"I'd drink a whole bottle of my pride and I'd toast to change." --Shawn Mullins, "Shimmer"
"Widow. The word consumes itself." --Sylvia Plath
"Kiss me and you'll know how important I am" --Sylvia Plath
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." --Abraham Lincoln
"I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government." --Woody Allen
"The trouble with superheroes is what to do between phone booths." --Ken Kesey
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. " --Winston Churchill
"You cannot find peace by avoiding life." --Virginia Woolf
"If you are still breathing maybe it is not such a bad day after all..."
"Time doth flit; oh shit. " --Dorothy Parker on her 30th birthday
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." --Anais Nin
"So many books, so little time." --Frank Zappa
"Approach what you find repulsive, help the ones you think you cannot help, and go places that scare you." --Machig Labdron
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." --Oscar Wilde
"We are all cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." --Ray Bradbury
"To love for the sake of being loved is human. To love for the sake of loving is angelic" --unknown
"You can get by on charm for about 5 minutes, after that, you'd better know something!" --unknown
Politicians and diapers both need to be changed; usually for the same reason.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." --John Lennon
"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend." --Albert Camus
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." --Voltaire
"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am." --Sylvia Plath
"Patience is the companion of wisdom." --St. Augustine
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you always imagined" --Henry David Thoreau
"I'm the frosting on America's cake, and tonight I'm willing to let you lick the bowl." --Stephen Colbert
“When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.” --Langston Hughes
"In the suburbs, there's nothing more deceiving than a smile." --'Mary Alice' on Desperate Housewives
“Are you a pauper or a superstar? So you act, so you feel, so you are!” --India.Aire
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."--Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni
“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” --Albert Schweitzer
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." --Jimi Hendrix
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

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4.20.2008

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