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Look here,” said Will. “When a man comes to me for advice about an idea, I know he doesn’twant advic...

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I don't want advice.' 'Nobody does. It's a giver's present.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

One of the greatest pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten in my life was from my mom. When I was a littl...

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Sometimes people who seem good end up being not as good as you might have hoped, you know?

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Jonathan Safran FoerExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice he wants and I give it to him.

Just keep in mind," Liaro said, "they're not going to remember the words. They'll remember how you m...

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When you come to a place where you have to left or right,' says Sister Ruth, 'go straight ahead.

No matter how many people give me advice, I am going to do what my heart tells me to do

We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed, and that we car...

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Formerly...when he tried to do anything for the good of everybody, for humanity...for the whole vill...

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Fine gold is recognized when it is tested.

No counsel is more sincere than that given on ships which are in danger.

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Leonardo da VinciThoughts on Art and Life

Reprove your friend in secret and praise him in public.

She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she ...

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She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she ...

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Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen ...

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I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen ...

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I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen ...

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I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen ...

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There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

If you want the law to leave you alone, keep your hair trimmed and your boots shined.

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Louis L'AmourThe Man Called Noon

If you aren't rich you should always look useful.

Send me all the advice you like. I'll use as much as I can.

There were so many different versions of him. It was countless versions of a song, and they were all...

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There is no better taste than this: someone else's laughter in your mouth.

Please kiss that girl a million times.

I hated this. I hated knowing what I wanted and knowing what was right and knowing that they weren't...

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It was her eyes and my eyes and I felt a surging sensation of rightness, of saying the right thing a...

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After everything I'd lived through, I was not going to be reduced to a one-sentence definition.

What need of prompt or hint when it is open to yourself to discern what needs to be done - and, if y...

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To understand this new frontier, I will have to try to master one of the most difficult and counteri...

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Marcus du SautoyThe Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science

I wonderif I should let my hair go greyso my advice will be better.

You can think clearly only with your clothes on.

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Margaret AtwoodThe Handmaid's Tale

Don’t be afraid anymore. Not of anyone. Not of anything. Nothing. Ever again. Listen to me: not ever...

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Avoid transgression. How's that for advice.

Fewer things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Put all thine eggs in one basket and - watch that basket.

One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.

Find a voice in a whisper.

To share is precious, pure and fair.Don't play with something you should cherish for life. Don't you...

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Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostal...

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Mary SchmichWear Sunscreen: A Primer for Real Life

Advice is a form of Nostalgia

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Mary SchmichWear Sunscreen: A Primer for Real Life

The best advice comes from people who don't give advice.

Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you."Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

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Maya AngelouLetter to My Daughter

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change ...

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Maya AngelouWouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

There’s a saying in Hardorn,” she continued. “‘You shouldn’t attempt to teach a goat to sing. It wil...

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All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the...

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Some advice: keep the flame of curiosity and wonderment alive, even when studying for boring exams. ...

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Most of us would rather risk a catastrophe than read the instructions.

Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we d...

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The next time someone pesters you with unneeded advice, gently remind him of the fate of the monk wh...

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Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always ri...

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In the shower today I tried to think about the best advice I'd ever been given by another writer. Th...

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Now go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. B...

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Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.

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Neil GaimanOdd and the Frost Giants

Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?

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Neil GaimanThe Graveyard Book

I'm often asked by parents what advice can I give them to help get kids interested in science? And I...

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The lessons my parents taught are still with me. I keep a tighter leash when raising my kids than my...

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Nicholas SparksThree Weeks With My Brother

Good advice I always hated, but lookin back it made me greater.

The malpractice for advice-giving is like five times as much as a craniotomy.

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Nicole KraussMan Walks Into a Room

From then on, I was terrified that I or one of my parents were going to die. My mother worried me th...

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To keep your marriage brimming,With love in the loving cup,Whenever you're wrong, admit it;Whenever ...

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I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.

Your motivation has to be rock solid. You have to want it so bad that even th threat of death won't ...

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As a child of privilege, no one is your friend. They will claim to be your friends, they will laugh ...

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The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

You are not listening to a word I am saying . . . and I am making the most delightful plans for your...

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People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of g...

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Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian Gray

Lord Henry smiled. "He gives you good advice, I suppose. People are very fond of giving away what th...

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Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian Gray

Never ask another person's advice about anything God makes you decide before Him.

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Oswald ChambersMy Utmost for His Highest

I always advise people never to give advice.

A writer or any artist can’t expect to be embraced by the people. I've done records where it seemed ...

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Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.

Finally there are those who saw at once that the question was a trap. There is no answer. Instead of...

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Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should...

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One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to re...

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I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that...

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Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.

There is nothing which for my part I like better, Cephalus, than conversing with aged men; for I reg...

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If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.

so much is happening now; you must be patient like someone who is sick, and confident like someone w...

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It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling...

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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

...we ought not meanwhile to make use of doubt in the conduct of life.

What you learn from others you can use to follow.What you learn for yourself you can use to lead.

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Richard HammingThe Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either.

I could never give relationship advice to anybody!

I'm always suspicious of disinterested interest.

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Robert A. HeinleinStranger in a Strange Land

Do you know your Bible?''Uh, not very well.''It merits study, it contains very practical advice for ...

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Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Advice!Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are." "That is probably why you make such a bad job of...

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What did you spend so much time talking about with Ila? If you weren’t dancing with that long-legged...

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Leadership is about having the courage to go against the advice of the so-called experts and doing w...

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I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgem...

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Robert Louis StevensonThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde