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“The necessary has never been man's top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, man's greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities.”
Eric Hoffer
“We've got all nonessential office personnel, people who normally work the desks, out working traffic accidents.”
Wendell Brown
