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In swimming at my level it's about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best sprinters virtually abolish gravity. All motion occurs in the right direction. ↗

— Alexander Dale Oen

#about #across #ballet #ballet dancer #best

To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If you do it right, it can open all kinds of inner doors. ↗

— Al Oerter

#best way #capacity #doors #exercise #i

I don't compete with other discus throwers. I compete with my own history. ↗

— Al Oerter

#history #i #my own #other #own

Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who cannot write. They cannot write advertisements, and they cannot write plans. They are helpless as deaf mutes on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#advertising agencies #agencies #business #cannot #deaf

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#dishonest #kind #left #only #ought

A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#attention #drawing #good #itself #product

Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#advertising #evil #only #things

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#corrupt #does #editors #fewer #incorruptible

Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#brand #complex #contribution #every #image

If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don't let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#agency #another #brand #built #campaign