The things you own end up owning you. — Tyler Durden

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The things you own end up owning you.

Tyler Durden

Fight Club · 1999

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Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

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