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The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#every #good #jesus #knight #lives

You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#home #leave #mail #never #put

Beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit. To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself — avoid trying to be someone you’re not. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#beauty #love #beauty

We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from being in show business and everything else. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#business #changed #children #during #else

My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#away #behind #block #boulevard #followed

I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#i love #joke #jokes #just #listen

My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#double #eight #features #grandmother #i

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#ad #advertising #easier #far #good

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#belief #circulate #desires #does #good

The secret of all effective advertising is not the creation of new and tricky words and pictures, but one of putting familiar words and pictures into new relationships. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#creation #effective #familiar #into #new