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to be an actor is to be a selfish person

I used to think to myself, This is not a life. A man ought to be something more important, ought to be a doctor or a lawyer or something that does something for other people. To be an actor is to be a selfish person. It’s a matter of ego, I think. Many actors make the mistake of thinking this is li…

—p.123 Working Book Two: The Commercial (112) by Studs Terkel
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how important is advertising?

They’re all very similar. That raises the question: How important is advertising? Is there a justification for it? It’s a question people are asking all over the country. I myself am puzzled by it. There’s a big change going on right now. The rules are becoming more stringent. In another five years…

—p.114 Book Two: The Commercial (112) by Studs Terkel
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little bears capering around a cereal box

They’re aware that they’re talking about little bears capering around a cereal box and they’re arguing which way the bears should go. It’s a silly thing for adults to be doing. At the same time, they’re aware the client’s going to spend a million dollars on television time to run this commercial. M…

—p.112 Book Two: The Commercial (112) by Studs Terkel
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I always have this feeling of interruption

I never answer the phone at home. It carries over. The way I talk to people on the phone has changed. Even when my mother calls, I don’t talk to her very long. I want to see people to talk to them. But now, when I see them, I talk to them like I was talking on the telephone. It isn’t a conscious pr…

—p.58 Book Two: Communications (57) by Studs Terkel
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it’s food for your soul that you know you did it good

That building we put up, a medical building. Well, that granite was imported from Canada. It was really expensive. Well, I set all this granite around there. So you do this and you don’t make a scratch on it. It’s food for your soul that you know you did it good. Where somebody walks by this buildi…

—p.54 Book One: Working the Land (25) by Studs Terkel