If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
Lillian Hellman
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I hate giving advice, because people won't take it.
Jack Nicholson
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Well, people can get advice almost anywhere, but they can't find a companion almost anywhere. And far more than being an advice-giver or somebody who just plays sappy love songs, I really am a companion on the radio at night.
Delilah
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Along the way, I've had different advice from different music producers. I've been told to tone it down, that the quiet parts of my voice are appealing and there's harshness to the loud part of my voice.
Patty Griffin
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Actors don't generally go asking other actors for advice too much, but I'll take suggestions wherever I can.
Matt Dillon
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My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true.
Lenny Kravitz
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It is very kind of you to consider the possibility of my working in Pasadena, an idea which certainly is attractive, especially since it would hold out the prospect of your cooperation or advice.
Karl Landsteiner
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Some advice from a beginner: never judge your full potential based on your first run.
Chip Gaines
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I tell people, Don't take my advice. What do I know?
Nick Lachey
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My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for.
Jeff Kinney
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Being a woman in a male-dominated industry sort of sucks, but it doesn't suck any more than being a woman in the world. My advice? Be terrifying.
Kelly Sue DeConnick
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I've never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.
Indira Gandhi
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Once I was in a cafe in Portland and the woman at the next table and I began chatting and in the course of our conversation she strongly recommend I visit this web site called 'The Rumpus' so I could read this advice column called 'Dear Sugar.' It was so painful not to tell her that in fact I was Sugar, but I didn't.
Cheryl Strayed
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A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.
Marcus Buckingham
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Interestingly, young people don't come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you.
Meryl Streep
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My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation: ideally, not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work.
Kofi Annan
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If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.
Ichiro Suzuki
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I received the best advice for running I ever heard: 'You're not going to win, so just relax. If it feels like work, you're running too hard.'
Christopher McDougall
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My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people.
Laurell K. Hamilton
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I was one of the first women partners at my law firm, the first woman in my Minnesota prosecutor job, and the first woman elected from my state to the Senate. So advice from women who had done similar things was important for me.
Amy Klobuchar
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I've had a lot of really influential people in my life, like my grandmother M. J., who have helped me along the way. But there are so many of us girls in my family, and even though they're all so open and honest, who I seek advice from depends on what aspect of life I'm dealing with.
Khloe Kardashian
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I ask for a lot of advice from different fathers - all kinds of dads.
Hank Azaria
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My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.
Christina Milian
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I have only one bit of advice to the beginning writer: Be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
James A. Michener
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