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I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. S

I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of the real experience of my life, and somehow this has come over as true and valid and persuasive. – David Ogilvy

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Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom. – David Ogilvy

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I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information. – David Ogilvy

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Art
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The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the relationship between a patient and his doctor. Make sure that you can life happily with your prospective client before you accept his account. – David Ogilvy

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relationship
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Men and women who have served in harms way experience higher rates of divorce and suicide. Many battle the debilitating effects and stigma associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. – Ron Wyden

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Thats not to say that womens priorities are better than mens. Rather, when women are empowered, when they can speak from the experience of their own lives, they often address different, previously neglected issues. And families and whole communities benefit. – Dee Dee Myers

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I dont think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them. – Carlos Fuentes

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If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful. – Jeff Bezos

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I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesnt mean I have to agree or that I have to turn my back on the tenets of my faith and reject the tenets of my faith when it comes to homosexuality. – Ed Gillespie

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Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies; when the soul is oppressed so is the body. – Martin Luther

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College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage. – George Gobel

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