"You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.“


-Alan Alda

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You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.

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