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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, o

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. – David Ogilvy

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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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The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible. – David Ogilvy

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