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Jane Trahey
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“The most likely place to have your idea-pocket picked is at a meeting. ... Here an idea becomes public property the moment it hits the air waves.”
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“Never dump a good idea on a conference table. It will belong to the conference.”
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“... achieving power ... is a combination of timing, luck, and hard work. Plus one other ingredient women overlook a lot. That's wanting power.”
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“Power is prominence. Power has the capability of activating and producing an effect. Power is a position of ascendance with the ability to compel compliance. Power is influence. Power is big money. Power is self-determination.”
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“Don't fool around with the folks at the bottom. They can't help you. Head for the top guy. You can't go wrong and you can't do better.”
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“Wanting power is half the secret of getting it.”
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“Ideas are power because ideas are money. Good ideas are hard to come by. They are rare. They are valuable.”
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“[On her first job at the Chicago Tribune's clipping library:] My mother never got over it. Every time she would call and someone would answer, 'the morgue,' she'd cross herself and hang up.”
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“It's not fake anything. It's real Dynel.”
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“Danskins are not just for dancing.”
Jane Trahey, U.S. advertising executive, copywriter, writer
(1924 - 2000)