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The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably increases as the number of pertinent merchandise facts included in the ad increases.
It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.
Topic: Movies
Author: Andy Warhol
It is easier to love humanity than to love one's neighbor.
Author: Eric Hoffer
He seems to be of great authority. Close with him, give him gold; and though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft led by the nose with gold.
Topic: Authority
If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. -James Hillman.
Topic: Change
No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.
Topic: Mistakes
Revolutions never go backward.
Topic: Revolution
If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.
Topic: Talk
Resolution is no strange and extraordinary thing; it is one of the most common acts that belong to us as we are men. But we do not ordinarily apply it to the best purposes. It is not so ordinary for men to resolve to be good as to resolve to be rich and great, not so common for men to resolve against sin as to resolve against poverty and suffering. It is not so usual for men to resolve to keep a good conscience as to keep a good place.
But zeal moved thee; To please thy gods thou didst it!
Topic: Zeal
Author: John Milton
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
Topic: Innocence
Author: Seneca
When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.
Author: Luis Palau
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Topic: Quotes
Era of good feeling.
Topic: Feeling
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Topic: Appetite
He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
A real patriot is someone who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
Topic: Luck
Author: Maya Angelou
Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.
Topic: Dreams
Author: Tupac Shakur
To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed. That can make life a garden.
Author: Goethe