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  1. Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately.

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  2. The crooked little tomato branches, pulpy and pale as if made of cheap green paper, broke under the weight of so much fruit; there was something frantic in suc…

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  3. Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solicitude is the enemy of well-being.

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