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Quote by Erich Fromm
We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is

We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. – Erich Fromm

Other quotes by Erich Fromm

The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man. – Erich Fromm

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Nature
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Erich Fromm
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We all dream we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake. – Erich Fromm

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Dreams
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Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit. – Guy Debord

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The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God. – Henry Jacobsen

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There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair. – Frank A. Clark

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Avarice is fear sheathed in gold. – Paul Eldridge

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People want the freedom. They want to be able to shop. If you dont like the shop trading hours and youre a shop owner, you dont have to open. – Jay Weatherill

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Our wedding was many years ago. The celebration continues to this day. – Gene Perret

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For every prohibition you create you also create an underground. – Jello Biafra

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