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What do you do when your real life exceeds your dreams?
— Broadcast News ‧ 1987
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Dreams usually set a standard for what life has yet to become, but this question reverses that relationship. Reality has overtaken imagination, leaving the speaker wondering how to respond. The surprise lies in treating fulfilled hopes as the beginning of a new question rather than its answer.
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