"I've had those books for years. They represent the person I once aspired to be."
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families, family, parent, parents, pushy parent, pushy parents, competitive parents, competitive parent, aspire, aspiration, aspirations, career aspiration, career aspirations, baseball, baseball game, baseball trophy, trophy, trophies, good sportsmanship trophy, best sport trophy, best sport, good sport, good sports, good sportsmanship, bad sportsmanship, bad sport, bad sports, competitiveness, team player, not a team player, lawyer, lawyers, law school, law schools, law"When I grow up, I want to work with the affluent."
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aspiration, aspirations, aspire, aspires, aspiring, rich, riches, charity, charities, charitable program, charitable programs, affluent, affluence, upper class, upper classes, status, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, grow up, grows up, growing up, ideal job, ideal jobs, career goal, career goals, career, careers, goal, goals, greed, greedy, motivation, motivations, money-driven, money grubbing, money grubber, money grubbers"You can be anything you want to be - no limits."
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limit, limits, limitation, limitations, limited, aspiration, aspirations, aspiring, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, goal, goals, dream, dreams, big dream, dreaming big, big dreams, goldfish, goldfishes, gold-fishes, fish, fishes, aquarium, aquariums, fish tank, fish tanks, fishbowl, fishbowls, dream, dreams, career, careers, career path, career paths, fish bowl, fish bowls, cage, cages, pet, pets"I'm working part time, but I'm hoping that once I finish my master's they'll up my hours to full time."
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work, works, working, part time, masters, master's, master's degree, masters degree, degree, qualification, qualifications, service economy, service economies, service worker, service workers, customer service, education, educations, college education, college educations, postgrad, post-grad, graduate degree, graduate degrees, part time job, part time jobs, aspiration, aspirations, aspiring, full time"I'm Miss Missouri, but my goal is to become Miss California."
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social climber, social climbers, social climbing, early civilisation, early civilization, primitive civilization, primitive civilisation, cave dweller, cave dwellers, cave dwelling, hut, huts, girlfriends, cavemen, caveman, cavewomen, cavewoman, boyfriend, boyfriends, wife, wives, husband, husbands, breakup, breakups, break-up, break-ups, break up, break ups, aspiration, aspirations, trading in, new model, better model"I don't see the Whitney, but Mary Boone will send you a Christmas card."
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mary boone, museum, museums, fortune, fortune teller, fortune-teller, future, futures, fortune tellers, fortune-tellers, crystal ball, crystal-ball, crystal-balls, crystals, pseudo-science, artist, artists, artistic, disappointed, realistic, disappoint, let down, ambition, ambitions, christmas card, aspire, aspiration, consolation, consolations"They should just ask Elián González who he wants to be when he grows up, Gloria Estefan or the Buena Vista Social Club."
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music, musician, music genres, singer, singers, cuban singers, cuba, musical culture, culture, american culture, cuban culture, national differences, custody, custody battle, international custody battle, immigration, cuban american, immigration issues, child, children, aspirations, aspiration, children, child, childhoodThe guy who wanted change, experience, a shoulder to cry on, and a medal, all tied up in a nice,neat package, with whipped cream and a cherry on top.
"Damn it, Maureen! You just don't break up a winning combination!"
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winning combination, winning combinations, combination, combinations, combo, combos, walk out, walks out, walking out, lucky horseshoe, lucky horseshoes, loser, losers, husband, husbands, wife, wives, breakup, breakups, break up, break ups, breaking up, split up, splits up, splitting up, couple, couples, toxic relationship, toxic relationships, hope, hopes, aspiration, aspirations"Of course, now I'm just a class clown, but eventually I'd like my own sitcom."
Places you want to go, but can't vs. places you have to go, but don't want to.
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travel, travels, holiday, holidays, international travel, business travel, work travel, obligations, family obligations, work obligations, travel obligations, obligation, paris, bali, firenze, rio, antibes, erie, duluth, cleveland, natchez, peoria, short haul, short haul flight, national vs. international travel, want to go, don't want to go, staycation, globe trotter, aspirations, wishes, aspiration, wish, airport, airports, air travel, departures, departure, departure board, departure boards, american towns, small town america, small towns"All my children have the potential I never could afford."
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potential, potentials, kid, kids, dad, dads, father, fathers, family life, family-life, pushy parents, silver spoon, silver-spoon, wealth inequality, opportunity, opportunities, privilege, privileged, privileged background, privileged backgrounds, role model, role models, living vicariously, vicarious living, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, aspiration, aspirations, aspiring"Am i just a stepping-stone to a career in show business?"
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king, kings, queen, queens, stepping stone, stepping stones, career boost, career boosts, career booster, career boosters, show business, movie star, movie stars, film star, film stars, aspiration, aspirations, aspire, aspiring, true love, paranoia, paranoid, insecure, insecurity, new wife, new wives, paranoid fear, paranoid fearsRural Cityscape
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farmer, farmers, farm, farms, agriculture, agricultural management, pretentious, pretensions, illusions, illusion, ambition, ambitious, aspiration, aspirational, aspirations, illusion of grandeur, urban skyline, urban skylines, city scape, city scapes, kidding yourself, office, offices, office worker, office workers, rural, country, countryside, interior, interiors, office interiors, wallpaper, cover up, coverup, cover-up, disguise, disguised, disguising, pretend, pretending, window, windows, view, views, landscape, landscapes, cow, cows, cattle, barn, barns, ranch, ranches, cattle ranch, cattle ranches, trompe-l'œil, trompe l'oeil, trompe l oeil, trompe-l oeil, agribusiness, agribusinesses"Don't breath a word to anyone, but I'm never leaving graduate school."
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brilliance, brilliant, middle age, middle aged, middle-aged, middle-age, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, goal, goals, life goal, life goals, aspiration, aspirations, ageing, aging, missed opportunity, missed opportunities, lost opportunity, lost opportunities, pep talk, pep talks, motivational speech, motivational speeches, regret, regrets, regretting, regretful"But, what I'd really like to do is direct."
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