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David Ogilvy

"Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon."

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"Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon."

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"They call it "business" because it does not become successful by a person's "idleness". Go get busy if you want to do business; but be busy for the right reasons!"

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"Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire to be a good business person, that is to say, to make as much money as they possibly can by maximizing their revenue while minimizing the cost of producing whatever it is that they sell."

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"The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams."

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"In business for yourself, not by yourself."

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"Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business."

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