David Ogilvy Quotes
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.
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And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Relationships ending are painful, and you can choose to carry that, or you can choose to reframe it.
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I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell. We're not going to turn into fart-smellers.
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Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
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I can easily connect with the prepubescent dork I spent much of my life being.
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My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.
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You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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I got a big mouth.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.
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If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.
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When people say Jerry Lee Lewis invented rock n' roll, they forget Little Richard. People talk about Elvis Presley and forget he was singing black music. I don't blame Elvis. It was the music business figuring it could make more money from this music if it weren't presented from the original source.
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I honestly believe that people sit behind their computers and just get really brave.
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If you understand the importance of developing a relationship with the director and making that director see that you're the best technical adviser and resource in the world on your subject, you'll be invited on set as a respected and integral part of the process.
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I don't really look at genre. I mean, sometimes you might be playing heavies a lot, and you're like, 'Hey, it'd be nice to do a romantic comedy.'
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For the last 15 years, Microsoft’s master business plan seems to have been, 'Wait until somebody else has a hit. Then copy it.'
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Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.
