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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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The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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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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Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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There were many women around. We all had a relationship with each other that was very strong. And all of our minds kind of hooked up. We rejected the society. We rejected marriage because we didn't like what our parents had. ↗

— Lynette Fromme

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We all came from houses with doors, doors that were supposed to be closed when there were things going on that we weren't supposed to see, and when our pants were down. ↗

— Lynette Fromme

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By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. ↗

— Robert Frost

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He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief. ↗

— Jose Marti

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