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‘Dreams can be lofty.’

[⟨det (plur dream.n)⟩ lofty.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Lofty dreams, kiddo. [00:39] Darschlagganan: What else do I have?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

9) I’ve never had lofty dreams of wealth, fame, power or anything like that.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I got a call from an old friend (Andy) on Saturday night. we were the bestest of buds, watching movies together via telephone during late night airings of The Three Musketeers and Selena, pining over American Idol contestants during its first season, having lofty dreams of opening our own bowling alley with regular’ ’ salsa nights.” the dip, not dance. anyway, I went to college in Pennsylvania and he stayed in Illinois.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

With my lofty dreams, a mind full of questions that’ ‘adults’’ couldn’t seem to answer, and an insatiable appetite for solving problems, I was prepared to make my mark on the world.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But I am stubborn in my hope that Americans across the great divide, including one who sleeps in my bed, will wake up to more lofty dreams.
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In Wikipedia:

For your lofty dreams and standards high We’ll reach together toward the sky, Dear Scripps Ranch High, to you. – “Words and Music by Nancy Shirley and Dean Hickman”
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In Wikipedia:

To him, political power is only an instrument to realise certain lofty dreams in the service of the masses and ameliorate the miserable lot of the poor and the downtrodden.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And so I decided to forsake my lofty dreams and found that life offered better than dreams.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

My lofty dreams seemed permanently on hold while I dealt with broken cars, skinned knees and low – paying jobs.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

So in our run to Decorah, IA we listened to Dreams of my Father which is really a clever title because it can be read as Obama’s dreams of his absent father, or as the lofty dreams that his father tried to bring to life in the world.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

An Obama presidency could boost Kenya’s reputation in the U.S. and the world, they hope. They also acknowledge that their dreams for an Obama presidency might be too lofty.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Hm, this isn’t quite what I had in mind when I was 14, and I had such lofty dreams of’ ’ higher education.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Did you watch Obama instill lofty dreams in the hearts of impressionable human robots?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

My dreams outside my day job seemed so lofty.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Do you have lofty dreams of owning a sports sedan, a vacation home or taking part in some philanthropic activity?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Simple stuff this is, unlike the lofty dreams of my childhood, but that’s what age does to a person, you know!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But don’t forget, emotions translate to body, they weaken our bodies, we start to look frail, less energetic to even start chasing those lofty dreams.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The King is Dead refers to how young people with their unconquerable depths of idealism, enter college with lofty dreams of changing the world, only to exit as I – bankers.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

When I first went off to college, many years ago, I went with high hopes and lofty dreams.
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Queried on 2013-05-24.