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> [“Buying things is only sometimes about owning the things. Buying often is simply about what 50 Cent observed: being ABLE to buy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-beckwith/buying-things-is-only-sometimes-about-owning-the-things-buying-often/)

[Harry Beckwith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-beckwith/)

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> [And keep as few things as possible, so that you don't have to fear for them. Give them up without a struggle-because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/and-keep-as-few-things-as-possible-so-that-you-don-t-have-to-fear-for/)

[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/)

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> [Owning things is an obsession in our culture. If we own it, we feel we can control it; and if we control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/owning-things-is-an-obsession-in-our-culture-if-we-own-it-we-feel-we/)

[Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/)

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> [I had this thesis that we had entered the experience economy. People were getting married later and starting to value experiences like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-hyman/i-had-this-thesis-that-we-had-entered-the-experience-economy-people/)

[Jennifer Hyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-hyman/)

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> [We want more people owning things in this country. Let me put it to you bluntly: In a changing world, we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/we-want-more-people-owning-things-in-this-country-let-me-put-it-to/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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