For an artist to marry his model is as fatal as for a gourmet to marry his cook the one gets no sittings, and the other gets no dinners.
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In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.
William Bernbach
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Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.
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