Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Stephen Leacock

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Topic

Advertising and marketing

Author

Stephen Leacock

Source

Garden of Folly

Medium

Essay

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1924 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Canada

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Leacock, Stephen. Garden of Folly. S. B. Gundy/Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924, ch. 4.

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How can you hesitate? Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Katherine Mansfield

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Topic
Going for it Taking risks

Author

Katherine Mansfield
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Mansfield, Katherine. Journal entry. 10 Oct. 1922.

Current Citation

Mansfield, Katherine. The Katherine Mansfield Notebooks. Vol. 2, Lincoln University Press, 1997.