"I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad."

-- Leo Burnett

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“I take comfort that aging happens to everybody. It's part of life. Aging offers great lessons in dignity, since the indignity wins in the end. Yes, it bothers me when I have lines or puffiness or droops. But it connects me with the human race. Like weather bringing people together, aging brings people together.”
“It's not enough to shelve your own competitive streak. You have to try, consciously, to help others succeed. Some people feel this is like shooting themselves in the foot - why aid someone else in creating a competitive advantage? I don't look at it that way. Helping someone else look good doesn't make me look worse. In fact, it often improves my own performance, particularly in stressful situations.”
“I'm a pants girl. I just feel more comfortable in them.”
“We do not discuss the members of our family to their faces ...”
“...if I were asked to think up a new name for temptation, I should recommend the word 'doorknob', because what are these protuberances put on doors for if not to tempt us...”
“Weâ€™re all going to keep fighting, Harry. You know that?”
“A bottle of wine was good company.”
“I believed in immaculate conception and spontaneous combustion. I believed in aliens from outer space and vampires, prophecy, and the resurrection of the dead. I had deja vu many times each day. I was thirteen.”

Source : Kate Braverman (1998). “Small Craft Warnings: Stories”

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