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Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission.
Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission.
Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
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- Fred Allen
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- Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Fred Allen, based on documented lifetime 1894 to 1956. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967454 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967454 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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