“Successful salesman: someone who has found a cure for the common cold shoulder.”

— Robert Orben

Greg Heberlein (September 20, 1987) "Seattleite Eyes Northwest Stocks for Wall Street Institutions", The Seattle Times, p. D2.
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American magician and writer 1928

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