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He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close he could hardly fail to grasp it. The quotation is from The Great Gatsby,

Stanley Bing

He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close he could hardly fail to grasp it. The quotation is from The Great Gatsby,

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About Stanley Bing

Gil Schwartz (May 20, 1951 – May 2, 2020), known by his pen name Stanley Bing, was an American business humorist and novelist. He wrote a column for Fortune magazine for more than twenty years after a decade at Esquire magazine. He was the author of thirteen books, including What Would Machiavelli Do? and The Curriculum, a satirical textbook for a business school that also offers lessons on the web. Schwartz was senior executive vice president of corporate communications and Chief Communications Officer for CBS.