Man In The Car Paradox
You might think you want an expensive car ,a fancy watch, and a huge house. But I am telling you, you don't . What you want is respect and admiration from other people, and you think having expensive stuffs will bring it. It almost never does--specially from the people you want to respect and admire you.
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