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My dream was to become a ballet dancer, but after a year in bed with rheumatic fever at 13, I had grown too tall, and had no muscle tone left. I tried a ballet class and couldn't even do a plie without falling over. It was my first death.

— Carmen Dell'Orefice

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

From the age of three to 15, I wanted to be a ballerina and trained really, really hard. Then I had that classic movie story moment, where I had an injury and had to give up my dream.

— Kiesza

I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was bad - I'm not very coordinated. But I always wished I could have been a dancer.

— Gia Coppola

I remember my dreams when I was a junior soloist. 'Oh, I hope I don't end here,' I thought. 'I want to do the ballerina in 'Scotch Symphony.' I don't want to be the little Scotch girl.' And I actually went beyond my wildest dreams. I worked with Balanchine. I had ballets choreographed for me.

— Patricia McBride

I grew up in a bus, traveled with various circuses and freak shows. I was a trapeze artist, and that was my dream. We just traveled the whole world, me and my mom and my little brothers and sisters. It was an adventure.

— Neon Hitch

My dream had always just been to do my work well, fall in love and build a life for myself.

— Carrie Snodgress

This may sound strange but I had dreams as a kid of doing exactly what I ended up doing in my life.

— Corey Hart

I had this dream to become a writer since I was a teenager.

— Paulo Coelho

I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.

— Natalie du Toit

✗Opposing Perspectives

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

— Eli Broad

My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these two areas.

— Claude Nicollier