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"Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in."
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"I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that."

"After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather."

"The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it."

"Tomorrow it'll all be over, then I'll have to go back to selling pens again."

"I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something."

"I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge."

"The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print."

"It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn't even allowed to board an airplane in this country can purchase as many real guns he wants with no questions asked."
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"I'm really normal. I play football, go to the beach, drive. We have dogs. I can imagine people calling me a character, but I'm Joe Straight."


"When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'."


"I don't want to die in a car accident. When I die it'll be a glorious day. It'll probably be a waterfall."


"Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting."


"Music is my main goal, but I'm not going to rush a record out. There are so many actors who have come out with albums these days. I don't want to do it because it's the thing to do. I want to wait until the time is right."


"I've been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead."


"I can't on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me."
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