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Quote by Erich Fromm
What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essential

What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. – Erich Fromm

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Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him. – Erich Fromm

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Miscellaneous
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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

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Consumerism
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I would jump down Etna for any public good — but I hate a mawkish popularity. – John Keats

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Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch. – Fournier

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True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after. – Lord Mansfield

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Recognition

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). – David Mamet

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Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens. – Douglas Jerrold

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My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now Im scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go. – Padma Lakshmi

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If you choose not to pursue your dreams, youll still be a part of a dream – only it will be someone elses. – Mike Hawkins

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I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell – but then I can never bring myself to sell them. – Trey Parker

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