"You can't trust reason. We threw it out of the ad profession long ago and have never missed it."

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Source : Frederik Pohl, Cyril M. Kornbluth (1984). “Venus, Inc”

Frederik Pohl

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“If you're a studio writer, the funny better be on the page.”

Source : "Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant Interview WRITING MOVIES FOR (FUN AND) PROFIT: HOW WE MADE A BILLION DOLLARS AT THE BOX OFFICE AND YOU CAN, TOO!". Interview with Scott Wampler, collider.com. July 4, 2011.
“Only those who know how to breathe will survive.”
“People think I appear on television to promote my image. That's not fair. I hate filming. I turned down 'Strictly Come Dancing.' But television is a wonderful opportunity to promote scientific ideas. 'Super Doctors' is a very thoughtful piece.”
“It's not just about being small, it's about doing more with less.”
“A girl came in the cafe and sat by herself at a table near the window. She was very pretty with a face fresh as a newly minted coin if they minted coins in smooth flesh with rain-freshened skin, and her hair black as a crow's wing and cut sharply and diagonally across her cheek.”
“But authors before they write should read.”

Source : Fanny Burney (1842). “Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay”, p.5
“On Memorial Day, I was out floating on Lake Norman and came across Denny Hamlin. We struck up a conversation, and one of the first things we were talking about was how much it helped him when he started racing the Cup car and how much it helped his Nationwide program.”
“Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive new development might appear.”

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