Tom and Daisy stared, with that peculiarly unreal feeling that accompanies the recognition of a hitherto ghostly celebrity of the movies.
("The Great Gatsby")
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There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind…
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So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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