"As far as advice goes, an ex-father in law of mine once gave me the best advice I ever heard. He said, "Take my advice and do what you want to." So with that, go on."
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"My advice for the next commander in chief: Listen to your military advisers. Listen to your generals. They are the experts. Even if you have a commander in chief who has served in the military, that person still isn’t engaged on a daily basis. The generals will know best."
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"It's difficult to say no sometimes. I often hear, "They'll really take care of you," or "Someone else is going to take the role if you don't play it." Some of the best advice I ever received was to always ask myself: Am I going to kill myself if somebody else takes this role? The answer is almost always no."
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"My biggest advice to people now is that when you go through something traumatic, you've got to go talk to somebody. You've got to be able to understand it, make peace with it inside yourself, and you've got to be able to let it go."
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"Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell 'em to do that, they'll find a little pot of gold."
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"The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God."
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"Leverage is everything-don't begin to pry until you've got the long arm on your side."
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"Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes."
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"If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't want to make my grandfather's mistakes today."
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"I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event."
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"Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life."
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"Understand your man, meditate on it."
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"You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff."
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"Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool."
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"Leave your luck while still winning."
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"Moving slowly enables us to learn faster."
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"That man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, most of it bad."
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"One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable."
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"how could advice be successful? If it turns out right, the adviser is ignored and the advisee takes all the credit. If it proves mistaken, the adviser receives all the blame."
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"Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten."
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