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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.

Ben Feldman

If you look at the history of advertising, most of them were Jews, so it was only a matter of time before ‘Mad Men’ explored that area of advertising.
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Looks Mad Men
I get up in the morning and I put on makeup and then I say somebody else’s words in someone else’s clothes, and then I go home and watch TV, have a glass of whisky and go to bed.
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Home Makeup Morning
I’m just the least funny person in a room full of funny people, which is basically every single day of work for me.
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Funny People People Rooms
Life insurance is time. The time a man might not have. If he needs time, he needs life insurance.
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Men might Needs
When you audition for shows in Hollywood, you go in, you do your scene, maybe you get an adjustment. It’s sort of easy, and a lot of times it just feels sort of rote and simple.
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New York Play Simple
You’ve got a problem. Part of what you own isn’t yours. It belongs to Uncle Sam. May I show you how much belongs to Uncle Sam?
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May Problem Uncles
I think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.
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Guy People Thinking
Goals aren’t enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn’t much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.
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Encouragement Goal Running
Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny.
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Careers Leading Me Rooms
Fundamentals are right down to earth. And one fundamental is: You have to make calls. Nothing happens until you make a call. It’s that fundamental!
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Earth Fundamental Happens
And I’m overcompensated for that. So it’s insane to not use that pedestal to try and at least help someone or something that’s in need.
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Help Leas Need Someone Something
Besides, switchboard girls and secretaries have become very good. They’ve learned to take you apart. ‘Who? Why? What for? What company?’ You don’t always get by. I seldom call on the phone. I’d rather go.
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Apart Company Seldom Switchboard
I do not sell life insurance. I sell money. I sell dollars for pennies apiece. My dollars cost 3 cents per dollar per year.
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Cost Dollar Years
If you’ve got a problem make it a procedure and it won’t be a problem anymore.
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Problem Procedures
Whereas when you go to New York and you audition for plays, you walk out sweaty and intimidated and nervous and doubting yourself as an actor.
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Actor Country Doubt Intimidated Walk
I don’t like sci-fi/fantasy.
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Experiment Fact Fantasy Fiction Knowledge Science

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