"Want to know what I think?"
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baseball, baseballs, huddle, team huddle, team, wrong team, side, sides, switch sides, batter, bat, batting, pitch, pitcher, pitcher's mound, mound, team meeting, opinion, opinionated, unwanted, unwanted opinion, input, unwanted input, unsolicited, inappropriate, eavesdrop, eavesdropping, unhelpful, not helping, sport, sports, live sport, sporting, bad sport, unsolicited advice, bad advice, unwanted advice, patronise, patronising, patronised, patronize, patronizing, patronized, talk down"There's your problem."
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baseball, baseball player, baseball players, pitcher, pitchers, pitching, tip, tips, athlete, athletes, athletic, pitching coach, pitching coaches, coach, coaches, coaching, throw, throws, throwing, problem, problems, pitch, pitches, football, footballs, train, trains, training, spring training"Magritte Takes One High and Inside"
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rene magritte, magritte, bowler hat, bowler hats, derby hat, derby hats, pitch, pitches, pitching, high and inside, fastball, fastballs, batter, batters, batting, batting practice, batting practise, baseball player, baseball players, artist, artists, fine art, art history, modern art, modern artist, modern artists, surreal, surrealist, surrealists, surrealism"It's been done, but I don't think it's been redone."
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original, originality, unoriginal, unoriginality, hollywood, movie, movies, studio, studios, studio system, media company, media companies, remake, remakes, remaking, film, films, redo, redoing, safe bet, safe bets, studio head, studio heads, pitch, pitches, screenplay, screenplays, proposal, proposition, blockbuster, blockbustersA court jester pitches a ball to a king.
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pitch, pitches, pitching, pitcher, pitchers, baseball, baseball player, baseball players, batter, batters, batting, batting practice, jester, jesters, king, kings, throne, thrones, throne room, throne rooms"Thank you for letting us consider the enclosed manuscript. Although it has obvious merit, we are sorry to say that it does not suit our present needs."
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manuscript, manuscripts, submit, submits, submission, rejection, rejections, rejection letter, rejection letters, writer, writers, author, authors, submissions, pitch, pitches, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, dinosaurs, dinosaurs, extinct, extinction, extinctions, die out, dies out, dying out, writing"I know you probably hear this all the time, but I've got a great idea for a balloon animal."
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balloon animal, balloon animals, pitch, pitches, pitching, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, screenplay, screenplays, story, stories, story idea, story ideas, circus, circuses, cocktail party, cocktail parties, brainstorm, brainstorms, brainstorming, clown, clowns, birthday party, birthday parties, sell yourself, selling yourself"It's like 'Family Circus' meets 'The Wire,' but on a cruise ship."
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crossover, crossovers, mashup, mashups, pitch, pitches, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, tv show, tv shows, television show, television shows, sales pitch, sales pitches, studio executive, studio executives, movie studio, movie studios, screenwriter, screenwriters, idea, ideas, inspiration, inspirations, hollywood, hollywood executive, hollywood executives, combination, combinations, weird combination, weird combinations, movie, movies, movie studio, movie studios, pitch idea, pitch ideas, pitching ideas, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, writer, writers, author, authorsThe New York Sportswriters
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writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, sport writer, sport writing, sportswriter, sportswriting, pay attention, attention, focus, focusing, baseball, pitch, pitcher, pitching, bat, batter, batting, series, expansion, expansion team, expansion teams"As you can see, Henderson has no brain."
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brain, brains, demonstrate, demonstrates, demonstrating, no brain, no brainer, demonstration, pointer, points, sales, sales, pitch, pitching, review, reviews, reviewing, absurd, absurdity, present, presentation, presenting, presents"Hi! I'm Greg Holbrook, born in L.A., now live in Stamford with my wife and three kids, went to school at Exeter, graduated Yale '38, did a two-year hitch in the Navy, now write copy for McCann-Erickson, my hobbies are tennis and sailing. Who are you and what do you do?"
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overshare, share, shared, chatty, over share, overshared, oversharing, tmi, too much information, word vomit, info dump, information dump, speed, spped dating, party, parties, conversation, conversation skills, communication, communication skills, eager, brief, briefs, pitch, pitches, hard act to follow, introduce, introductions, introduced, life, life history, life story, friend, friends, friendship"It's structured as a set of two parallel stories that no one would ever want to read."
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pitch, pitches, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, writer, writers, author, authors, structure, structures, story structure, story structures, publisher, publishers, publishing, self-doubt, doubt, doubts, nagging doubt, nagging doubts, insecure, insecurity, insecurities, read, reads, readers, readership, readerships, book, books, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, editor, editors, editing, creative, creativity, creative person, creative people, readership, hook, hooks, hooking readers, ratings, bestseller, bestsellers, honest, honesty, brutal honesty, brutally honestMore New Cereals For Kids
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food, foodie, foodies, food lover, food lovers, cereal, breakfast, breakfast food, terrible, terrible idea, terrible ideas, bad ideas, gross, disgust, childless, hate kids, hate children, kid, kids, child, childhood, parent, parenting, parents, parental, diet, diets, meal, meals, choice, choices, ad, ads, advertisement, advertisements, pitch, pitches, bad pitches, terrible pitches"Stay away from him. He has an unbelievably long attention span."
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long attention span, attention, attention span, attentive, overshare, share, shared, chatty, over share, overshared, oversharing, tmi, too much information, good listener, self induced, self-induced, ramble, rambling, party, parties, conversation, conversation skills, communication, communication skills, eager, brief, briefs, pitch, pitches, hard at to follow, introduce, introductions, introduced, life, life history, life story, friend, friends, friendship"They'll be expecting adagio. Go with the allegro."
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catcher, catchers, catch, coach, coaching, coaches, music, musicians, musical, classical, classical music, conductor, conducting, conduct, conducts, baseball, base ball, ball game, the game, sport, sports, team sports, batter, batting, play ball, inning, innings, orchestra, orchestral, adagio, adagios, allegro, allegro, fast ball, fastball, pitch, pitcher, pun, puns, punny"We can't say 'new and improved' until we come up with a product."
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new and improved, sales pitch, sales pitches, marketing pitch, marketing pitches, pitch, pitches, brainstorm, brainstorms, brainstorming, brainstorming session, brainstorming sessions, sales, board meeting, board meetings, meeting, meetings, co-worker, co-workers, marketing ploy, marketing ploys, buzzword, buzzwords, production, business meeting, business meetings, advertising, advertisement, advertisements"Welcome to the big leagues."
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pitch, pitches, pitching, pitcher, pitchers, baseball, baseball player, baseball players, flower, welcome, welcomes, welcoming, welcome ceremony, welcome ceremonies, better world, better worlds, superior, superiority, greet, greets, greeting, flower ceremony, flower ceremonies, kind, kindness, nice guy, nice guys, decent, decency"I'm shopping my prison video around, but apparently if you don't shiv another inmate or become someone's bitch nobody's interested."
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prison, prisons, prison guard, prison guards, reality tv, reality television, pitch, pitches, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, producer, producers, producing, inmate, inmates, reality show, reality shows, jail, jails, jailing, jailer, jailers, hollywood, hollywood writer, hollywood writers, sensational, sensationalist, jailed, felon, felons, ex-con, ex-convict, ex-convicts, opportunist, opportunists, opportunity, crisis, white collar crime, white collar criminal"It's a coming of old age story."
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coming of age story, manuscript, manuscripts, publisher, publishers, publishing, editor, editors, coming-of-age story, coming-of-age stories, coming of age stories, growing pains, growing up, growing-up, rite of passage, rites of passage, oap, oaps, old age, pensioner, pensioners, senior citizen, senior citizens, novelist, novelists, writer, writers, pitch, pitches, assumptions, autobiographical"Your book stinks—we want to publish it."
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publish, publishing, publisher, publishers, bestseller, bestsellers, bestselling, author, authors, writer, writers, lowest common denominator, lowest common denominators, advance, publishing deal, publishing deals, writer, writers, author, authors, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, critic, critics, critique, critiques, pitch, pitches, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, manuscript, manuscripts, manuscript submission, manuscript submissions, submit, submits, submitting, book deal, book deals"Whoops - I Accidentally Pressed 'Elevator Pitch.'"
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writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, poem, poet, poetry, poets, poetic, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, should be writing, you should be writing, manuscript, artistic, artist, artists, art, arts, culture, cultured, writer's block, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worms, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, elevator, elevator pitch, publishing, publisher, publishers, pitch, pitches, manuscript"You want the gimmick? Here's the gimmick. Kevin Costner won't produce it, he won't direct it, and he won't star in it."
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kevin costner, writer, producer, director, pitch, pitches, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, film, films, movie, movies, celebrity, celebrities, movie star, movie stars, film star, film stars, obstacle, obstacles, meeting, meetings, studio, studios, movie studio, movie studios, box office poison, bomb, bombs, box office, bombing, failure, failures, gimmick, gimmicks"Jessica has an idea about going to the beach that she'd like to pitch you."
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parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, kid, kids, child, childhood, beach, beaches, beach holidays, beach holiday, beach vacation, beach vacations, going to the beach, pitch, pitching, pitching an idea, pitching ideas, screenwriter, screenwriters, producer, producers, hollywood, film industry, movie industry, father, fathers, movie idea, movie ideas, film idea, film ideas, sell an idea, selling a idea, movie producer, movie producers, film producer, film producers, careers, career options, imitate, imitating, imitation