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.
BEN FELDMANEvery 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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When you realize the writers start writing to who you are, you’re basically reading reviews of yourself. And then it becomes this cyclical nightmare where I feel like I need to play into it, then I find myself acting like the character in real life.
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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!
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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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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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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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Life insurance is time. The time a man might not have. If he needs time, he needs life insurance.
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I think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.
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I don’t like sci-fi/fantasy.
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Most people buy not because they believe, but because the sales person believes.
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When you walk out, the money walks in
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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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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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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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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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You are already broke and don’t even know it.
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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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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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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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The key to a sale in an interview, and the key to an interview is a disturbing question.
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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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The basic purpose of life insurance is to create cash…nothing more or nothing less. Everything else confuses and complicates.
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Term insurance is temporary, but your problem is permanent.
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I’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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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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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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