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.
Interpretation
The quote celebrates the spirit of pursuing dreams in a city known for shaping the American dream.
Michael Bloomberg highlights the significance of a city as a nurturing ground for aspirations, where the American dream is not only an ideal but a recurring reality. It emphasizes that this urban landscape has witnessed the rise of many dreamers who have succeeded against the odds, reinforcing the idea that dreams can be realized through perseverance and ambition.
In practice
This quote can be used to inspire entrepreneurs at a startup pitch event.
Like Israel, New York City's history has been defined by immigrants who come in search of freedom and the opportunity to build a better life. And like Israel, New York City has remained a target for terrorists who seek to destroy that freedom
No matter what you may think about her politics or her record, Hillary Clinton understands that this is not reality television; this is reality. She understands the job of president. It involves finding solutions, not pointing fingers; and offering hope, not stoking fear.
Ten years have passed since a perfect blue sky morning turned into the blackest of nights. Since then we've lived in sunshine and in shadow, and although we can never unsee what happened here, we can also see that children who lost their parents have grown into young adults, grandchildren have been born and good works and public service have taken root to honor those we loved and lost.
If you think of all the publicity about the terrible tragedy of Virginia Tech, we have a Virginia Tech in this country every day. It's just spread across 50 states.
I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.
I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws, you breed contempt if you don't enforce them.
I still believe in the power of the word, that words inspire.
I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.
I celebrate myself, and I hope soon the day will come you will be celebrating yourself. And when thousands and thousands of people around the earth are celebrating, singing, dancing, ecstatic, drunk with the divine, there is no possibility of any global suicide. With such festivity and with such laughter, with such sanity and health, with such naturalness and spontaneity, how can there be a war?
When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.
The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And tonight, more than two centuries later, it is because of our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward, and the state of our union is strong.
Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.
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