‘Still a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest.’ –Paul Simon
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‘Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now.’ –Hugh Hefner
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And yet, and yet, step by step, without a word between us, bit by bit
Ferdinand: Why do you look so sad?
Marianne: Because you speak to me in words and I look at you with feelings.
Ferdinand: I can never have a real conversation with you. You never have ideas, only feelings.
Marianne: That’s not true. There are ideas in feelings.
Wrapping paper in the gutter, moving slowly as the wind on the sea
What does gift-wrapping do for the recipient? Is all this effort worth it for the recipient? For example, do recipients actually like gift-wrapped presents more than unwrapped gifts?
According to a study that was published 15 years ago by Daniel Howard, professor of marketing at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, it appears so.
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What she asked of me at the end of the day, Caligula would have blushed
Tonight I walked into the Fedex Kinkos store on Calhoun Street here in Charleston, SC to print our Christmas cards, only to have the clerk, Tammy Johnson, reject my order as obscene.
We Cringelys are known for our Christmas cards, I admit, because we make them ourselves and we’re naked.
The tradition began by accident and now our cards are so popular friends remind us to send them. Making naked Christmas cards that are tasteful isn’t easy, either, but we do it.
‘Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission.’ —Fred Allen
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