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when asked to describe herself my friend answered via this quote.

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision & with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forgot this errand."

--- by Woodrow Wilson

i hope someday i get to do something worthwhile for the world.

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