A Quote by Aloe Blacc

What do you actually need? Food, clothing and shelter. Everything else is entertainment.

Aloe Blacc

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Food Actually Clothing Else Entertainment Everything Everything Else Need Shelter

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Aloe Blacc
American - Musician
Born: January 7, 1979

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire - based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need. What do you actually need? Food, clothing and shelter. Everything else is entertainment. It's just the idea that we're so wasteful. I think a lot of self - identity and inner - personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the TV, rather than as a reflection of the people who are around us, truly.

Aloe Blacc

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Once you take away the struggle for food, clothing and shelter, work is the one four letter word that offends everyone.

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