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" Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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" Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke. "

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