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David Ogilvy Quotes: Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising.
         

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising.


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If you ever find a man who is better than you are - hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.

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Good copy can't be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You've got to believe in the product.



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Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.



If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.

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