tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post1675907871782849294..comments2023-11-05T07:37:16.624+00:00Comments on The Drayton Bird Blog: Australian wind-up - againDrayton Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871107998046212949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-8705640178955079002008-01-11T17:10:00.000+00:002008-01-11T17:10:00.000+00:00Catherine, the man I knew well whom I most admired...Catherine, the man I knew well whom I most admired, David Ogilvy, said "develop your eccentricities when young."<BR/><BR/>Maybe I am just a late starter. Maybe not, though. Because over 50 years ago I read what Shakespeare wrote, as Polonius' advice to his son Laertes: "This above all, to thine own self be true".<BR/><BR/>This persuaded me there and then that if you wish to be the same as everyone else, you might as well be nobody. In fact you might as well never have existed.Drayton Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871107998046212949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-35938455177122502232008-01-11T16:19:00.000+00:002008-01-11T16:19:00.000+00:00That's what I meant! You get an enquiry when you'r...That's what I meant! You get an enquiry when you're not selling!<BR/><BR/>It's great fun writing stuff that doesn't ask for a sale and you get them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-5439120632474664672008-01-11T16:16:00.000+00:002008-01-11T16:16:00.000+00:00Now I see what I had suspected for a while - you a...Now I see what I had suspected for a while - you are slightly mad.<BR/><BR/>I don't yet have the bottle to post normal pictures on my blog. And I could never imagine posting anything like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-75346347025241867912008-01-11T16:01:00.000+00:002008-01-11T16:01:00.000+00:00Drayton, is your talk in Australia open to the pub...Drayton, is your talk in Australia open to the public and if so where? I have someone who I will try and persuade to go if so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com