Quotation by

Joseph Campbell

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

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Joseph Campbell is saying that when someone works only to earn money and nothing else, they lose their freedom and become controlled by their need for income. This means their life is dominated by financial necessity rather than personal choice or passion.

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