"aspire to"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I  aspired to be Superman before I realized that the existence of one
already meant there was no opening.

After that, all I could aspire to be was somebody *like* Superman. (Still
have a way to go.)

JL


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 12:35 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > aspired to (become), ellipsis.
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> "Ellipsis"? Where?
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