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“David Ogilvy’s best tip on writing copy: #9. “If all else fails, I...”
– Copyranter, making my day again.
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WatchSo it turns out I have a soft spot for the sea. I will happily admit it’s the romance of stormy waters, fishermen and all things oceanic that get me carried. I am a girl, after all. This song best suits thunderstorms, but it’s lovely any time really. It’s one of my favourites.
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What do you do?
It’s the question I dread getting asked most when meeting someone for the first time, for the pure banality of its form and the lack of creativity behind it. But you don’t have to hear it from me to know it’s the question most often asked. Luckily for me, I have never loved ‘what I do’ more than what I’m doing now. Whether I’m getting a kick out of my day job, or dabbling away in the after hours...
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Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast.
How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.
Admirer as I think I am Of stars that do not give a damn, I cannot, now I see them,...
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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man...”
– Teddy Roosevelt (from his “Citizenship in a Republic”
speech delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910)
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“Every day, the New York Times carries a motto in a box on its front page. `All...”
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