The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear
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Text Authorship:
- by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), appears in The Beauty of Their Dreams [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Reena Esmail (b. 1983), "The Beauty of Their Dreams", 2016, first performed 2016 [ women's chorus, string orchestra, flute and harp ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-09-18
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