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?
BEN FELDMANI’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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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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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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Every man has problems that only life insurance can solve. In the young man’s case, the problem is to create cash; for the older man, to conserve it.
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Don’t sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.
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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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I think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people. Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny. I’m the least funny person in a room full of funny people.
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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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If you’ve got a problem make it a procedure and it won’t be a problem anymore.
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Your value depends on what you make of yourself. Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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I know plenty of actors smarter than me with better taste than me who love horror movies and love sci-fi and it just doesn’t make sense to me.
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You haven’t done anything wrong. You just haven’t done anything, and that’s what’s wrong.
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Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny.
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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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Do you know anyone who has a lease on life? It isn’t a question of if; it’s a question of when.
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Youll have the same problems when I walk out, as you had when I walked in… unless you let me take your problems with me.
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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.
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Read! Study never stops because publications never stop coming in. It’s read and study. And think about what you’re studying. Take it apart and put it together. Ask ‘why?’ And know the answers.
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You are already broke and don’t even know it.
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I meet people and a lot of times, instead of saying, “Are you from the East Coast?” people just go, “you’re from the East Coast, right?”, having no reason to have known that. I don’t know what that is. Maybe it’s just that I’m Jewish.
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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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Most people buy not because they believe, but because the sales person believes.
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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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I’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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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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If I don’t buy it, I can’t sell it.
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When you walk out, the money walks in
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