"Let's say you have $1,000,000 tied up in your little company and suddenly your advertising isn't working and sales are going down. And everything depends on it. Your future depends on it, your family's future depends on it, other people's families depend on it. Now, what do you want from me? Fine writing? Or do you want to see the goddamned sales curve stop moving down and start moving up?"

-- Rosser Reeves

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“When you live around a working-class environment, you see what sports means to people. You see that it's the escape over the weekend. you see how they build their lives around it. People sort of want to get away from their lives.”
“I'm 28 now and they say you peak at 28 - so my best years are still ahead of me.”
“There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed.”
“I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange â€””
“It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good.”
“1. It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. 2. Get mad, then get over it. 3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. 4. It can be done! 5. Be careful what you choose. You may get it. 6. Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision. 7. You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours. 8. Check small things. 9. Share credit. 10. Remain calm. Be kind.”

Source : Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.886, Ballantine Books
“Instead of using brushes all the time, try a palette knife to paint.”
“Because you do not believe?" "Oh, no," said Attolia bitterly. "Because I believe and do not choose to worship.”

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