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I Did Not Feel 'evil' When I Wrote Advertisements For Puerto Rico. They Helped Attract Industry And Tourists To A Country Which Had Been Living On The Edge Of Starvation For 400 Years.

-David Ogilvy

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I Did Not Feel 'evil' When I

David Ogilvy

I Did Not Feel 'evil' When I Wrote Advertisements For Puerto Rico. They Helped Attract Industry And Tourists To A Country Which Had Been Living On The Edge Of Starvation For 400 Years.

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