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The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.


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This page presents the quote "The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.". Author of this quote is Idries Shah, Reflections. This quote is about freedom, psychology, learning, sufism,.