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Work and live to serve others, leave the world a little better than you found it. —David Sarnoff

“Work and live to serve others, leave the world a little better than you found it.”

David Sarnoff American businessman and pioneer of American radio and television.

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Merry from Indianapolis IN APRIL 3, 2019
Needed to be reminded of this is today. I've been a wretch of late. Ugh.thanks

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