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What's your ideal you must seek?



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"Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster a la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves." -- O. Henry (1862-1910)

On September 11, 1862, short-story writer William Sydney Porter, better known as "O. Henry," was born in Greensboro, North Carolina.

by e.towhee in Six Words Questions on Sep 11, 2012 | add favorite | T-shirt

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Steve__Anthony says,

To be successful - to be known for something good.

Wench says,

To be everything that I am as well as I can, and to hopefully influence my son because of it.

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