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Someone once said that “ Don't let today's troubles Bring you down. Don't let life's little obstacles Keep you from trying. Don't let your fears Keep you from dreaming. Don't give up for any reason. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF”. In the novel “Hoop Dreams” there are many characters that have big dreams that they hope to achieve. Although plenty of their dreams were fulfilled and multiple of dreams were gone these three main characters had their dreams meet. Just because people's dreams not meet, doesn’t mean a person should stop dreaming.
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