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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.

Ben Feldman

Work hard. Think big. Listen well.
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Big Hard Thinking Work
I’m a lot happier in people’s living rooms weekly than I think I would be if I was really, really relying on a movie career to keep me fulfilled and excited.
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Careers People Thinking
You know, a man’s life is the most precious thing in the world, isn’t it? So isn’t it odd that a man will insure everything but his life?
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Life Men World
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
If I don’t buy it, I can’t sell it.
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Sell
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
When you walk out, the money walks in
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Desire Money Walks
Most people buy not because they believe, but because the sales person believes.
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Believe People Person Sales
If you’re starting to lose your faith in the general intelligence of the American populous, there’s nothing like them mistaking pop culture for Van Gogh as a sign that people still read their history books and care about art.
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Art Book People
I rarely use the telephone because he may not want to see me. I have a better chance of seeing the man I want to see if I do go.
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Girl Men Phones
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
Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!
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Cost Doing Nothing
I don’t like sci-fi/fantasy.
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Experiment Fact Fantasy Fiction Knowledge Science
Term insurance is temporary, but your problem is permanent.
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Permanent Problem Term
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.
BEN FELDMAN

Looks Mad Men
If people understood what life insurance does, we wouldn’t need salesmen to sell it. People would come knocking on the door. But they don’t understand.
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Doe Doors People
You are already broke and don’t even know it.
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Already Broke Know
There was a time where I chose my jobs based on what jobs were available to me, so I would choose 100 percent of them.
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Available Jobs Percent
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
If you’ve got a problem make it a procedure and it won’t be a problem anymore.
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Problem Procedures
You haven’t done anything wrong. You just haven’t done anything, and that’s what’s wrong.
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Anything Done Wrong
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
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
I don’t like horror, which is ridiculous because I’ve been in three horror movies, but when I see those things, I see camera tricks and fake blood and actors screaming and I don’t know understand why other actors don’t see that.
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Blood Camera Fake
The key to a sale in an interview, and the key to an interview is a disturbing question.
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Disturbing Interview Keys
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

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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