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«If advertising had a little more respect for the public, the public would have a lot more respect for advertising.»
«According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.»
Author: Jerry Seinfeld
(Actor, Comedian)
| About:
Death and dying,
Fear,
Speech
| Keywords:
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«It is difficult to make a reputation, but it is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made - so faithful is the public»
Author: Arnold Bennett
| About:
Reputation
| Keywords:
difficult, faithful, Mar, properly, public, reputation, seriously
«A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion»
«'My doctor says that I have a malformed public duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre,' he muttered to himself, 'and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes.'»
«`We aren't getting anywhere. You know that as well as I do.' `One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.'»
Author: Iris Murdoch
(Novelist, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
anywhere, as well, conveyance, getting, In a, marriage, public, to get, well
«Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.»
Author: Joseph Campbell
(Author, Editor, Philosopher, Teacher)
| About:
Dreams,
Myths
| Keywords:
myths, private, public
«It is a well-known fact that although the public is fine when taken individually, when it forms itself into large groups, it tends to act as though it has one partially consumed Pez tablet for a brain.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
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«By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Bachelors,
Funny,
Temptation
| Keywords:
converts, permanent, persistently, public, remaining, temptation
«He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public»
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