Tackling Mahler's Fifth Symphony requires an expert team, and working with the musicians of the London Symphony Orchestra on such a monumental piece is like a dream come true.

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"Eddie was absolutely amazing, so that was like a dream come true to have him come and sing 'Comfortably, ' that was magical, " Waters told CNN backstage following his performance.

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For millions of Americans who were either under- or unemployed, the idea of a company that could get you started in a business must have sounded like a dream come true.

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I'd longed to return to the south west and my maritime roots for ages, so being able to get in some decent sailing and surfing and work here is like a dream come true.

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"It's a dream to any cricket player to score a hundred in Test cricket, so it's like that, a dream come true, " said Iqbal who followed in the footsteps of his older brother Nafis Iqbal, who hit a century against Zimbabwe in 2005.

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"I feel like I'm a different person in a way because I kind of made my dream come true, " says Milly, 10, whose credits include "Anything Goes" in Tampa, Fla.

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