Valerie Jarrett Quotes

I've been quite lucky in that I've managed to tick off a few of my dream roles, really. Beyond that, you wait for the next script to come in that will have the dream role that you don't know exists yet, I suppose.

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.

So the America I came to know growing up was filled with all the excitement and possibilities found in living the American dream.

Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.

I never thought much about success early on. I only thought about being a comedian - or just being in show business, is really more accurate.

I would say if you do have ambitions, don't just wait around. Go out and make yourself as well-qualified as possible so you can take that rare opportunity when it comes along.

America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops to enjoy it, in her insatiable appetite for the future.

In America, all things are possible.

For me, the American Dream was to go racing; for others, it's to pursue whatever their goals may be.

You're this rat in the American maze, working your way towards the cheese, which is a job.

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.

I've always had a hunger for realizing myself through my career.

I'm in a weird band. We've done very well. The American Dream is alive and well.

I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.

This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed.

Iowa truly is a place where if you work hard, dream big, anything is possible.

You need doors to open, you need a chance - and you have got to have something, to take your chance when the door opens at the right time. My first port of call was to be a manager, then it was a successful manager, then it was a Premier League manager.

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

I had always wanted a top spot, ever since I came to Japan in 2008.

My dad gives me goals, and then I kind of go even farther beyond those.

My siblings, along with my parents Chris and Kath, are the reason that I am successful. Whether I wanted to become an elementary school teacher, enter and win Alternative Miss Ireland, enroll to do a Ph.D., or visit the White House to speak about fashion and disability, they supported me.

I don't want to get corny, but my career really has been the personification of the American dream.

Obviously, I couldn't imagine that my career would go so well. When I first started, I wanted to play out of goal. But there was no goalkeeper, and the coach put me in goal.

Like pretty much every other ambitious person, I always figured I'd eventually move to New York. It is, at this point, half-dream and half-obligation for people trying to do big things. It's the American Dream inside the American Dream.

I believe that Iowa is - and ought to be - a place where, if you're willing to work for it, you can make your dreams come true.