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"I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second."
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"Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better."

"Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy."

"Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments."

"Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket."

"The future of advertising is the Internet."

"That's great advertising when you can turn Chicago into a city you'd want to spend more than three hours in."

"Advertising is the 'wonder' in Wonder Bread."

"Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions."

"In advertising not to be different is virtually suicidal."

"What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it."
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