- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Advice Quotes
On giving it, taking it, and knowing when it's worth following.
This page collects quotes about advice in its many forms—skincare routines that go too far, the catch behind a free legal consultation, and mentors who talk instead of truly showing up. See our best quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Generic
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Beatles were here in the 1960s, with their wives, at the Maharshi's ashram. And they wanted my advice on various matters in India.
- Mentor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
My career was quite unusual, so my main advice to someone interested in a career similar to my own is to remain open to change and new opportunities. I like to tell students that the jobs I took after my Ph.D. were not in existence only a few years before.
- Edward
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best advice I got as a writer was also the first advice, which came from the late fantasy author and editor Karl Edward Wagner: Any agent who charges to look at your work is a crook.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father's only advice is to 'do what makes you happy,' and I follow it religiously.
- Heed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always tell my students to seek out other writers as models, and though it took me years to heed my own advice, it really was life-altering when I found writers who wrote long stories, full of back story and side plots and sub-histories.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Craig T. Nelson, who played my grandfather on 'Parenthood,' gave me a lot of advice at the end of the show. I'm really insecure, and I get uncomfortable with things, and he gave me a lot of advice about that.
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- Nov 07, 2020