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" I came into advertising in 1961. I had been turned down for jobs on the Ford account in the late Fifties as 'not their type.' If it hadn't been for Bill Bernbach, I would now be sitting in some luncheonette, continuing my life as a messenger. "

Jerry Della Femina

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" Husbands and wives fight, and when the wife is packing up, the husband says, 'Don't leave! I'm gonna change!' Marriages stay together because people promise to change. "

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" Humor works, and it's the best way to get attention without spending a lot of money. "

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" The French are simply incapable of telling the truth. "

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Telling The Truth

" My day is spent hiding from people. "

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" Today's merger makers are not ad people; they're building communications companies. "

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" Thank you for making me nouveau riche. "

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" It goes back to all of us wanting to be in Hollywood. We're all dying to win an Oscar. "

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" I was the first advertising person who people could identify with. "

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" I'm a driver, and I love it. "

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" I want to die at my desk. "

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" Pictures bring you inside, whether you see yourself driving a new car or as a hapless prisoner who is being abused. "

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" The whole idea of a spokesman is a joke and a fraud if you drop someone like a hot potato if there's controversy. "

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" On the weekends, some people garden; I slice salmon. "

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" I'm careful to pay every single penny on my taxes. I don't have any money offshore. "

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" A lot of its readers are of an age where they forget to cancel. "

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" Kids don't know what life was like without cell phones. "

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" That's great advertising when you can turn Chicago into a city you'd want to spend more than three hours in. "

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