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Good wine needs no bush, And perhaps products that people really want Need no hard-sell or soft-sell TV push. Why not? Look at pot.

Ogden Nash

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
People
Perhaps
Bush
Look
Push
Looks
Humorous
Need
Advertising
Hard
Sell
Needs
Sells
Adverts
Really
Wine
Pot
Good
Products
Soft

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