"The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed."

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"The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed."

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"Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero."

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