Dreams don't deal in time. Time doesn't count.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes that dreams are timeless and shouldn't be restricted by the limitations of time.
Robin Williams' quote reflects the idea that dreams transcend our earthly constraints, including the concept of time. It suggests that when pursuing our dreams, we should not feel bound by a sense of urgency or deadlines, as the journey of realization itself is invaluable regardless of how long it takes.
In practice
During a motivational speech at a graduation ceremony to inspire students to pursue their ambitions.
It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.' Because you have that initial warm feeling going, 'Oh, I remember this'. And your body does, too. And your body goes, 'Yeah, so do I'. Then the demon voice comes, 'Yeah, so do I. You know what would be great? You know we bought a little bottle before? A full bottle would be wonderful'.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.
The Conqueror is always a lover of peace: he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.
Many people have turned back because they are afraid to look at things from God's perspective. The greatest spiritual crisis comes when a person has to move a little farther on in his faith than the beliefs he has already accepted.
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.
Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.
They were painfully clean. But inwardly they stank. Never once had they opened the door which leads to the soul; never once did they dream of taking a blind leap into the dark.
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