What is the best advice you have ever received?

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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

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Recorded Helen Cammock said elsewhere, not written here
Right, I went back as a mature student to art school, and I was advised to use my train journeys and commutes, or to just take time in the morning before work to sit down and write something. That was, I think, the beginnings of understanding what it meant to have a writing practice.

The Talks, 19 March 2022 source ↗

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Richard Feynman Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965
Then there was Von Neumann, the great mathemati-cian. We used to go for walks on Sunday. We'd walk in the canyons, and we'd often walk with Bethe, and Von Neumann, and Bacher. It was a great pleasure. And Von Neumann gave me an interesting idea; that you don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in.
Recorded First Annual Santa Barbara Lectures on Science and Society, University of California at Santa Barbara, Engineering and Science / Caltech Magazine, 1976 source ↗
Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball player; holder of the record for consecutive games played
You know what? Eddie was probably the best leader by example and not so much by words. You know, sometimes if he said something, you know, then you had to stand up and listen to it, but for the most part, he taught me the importance of being there every single day.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Washington, D.C., 18 August 2020 source ↗
Hilary Swank Actor
The one thing that I learned from Clint, of the many things I learned from Clint, is to always trust your instinct, and don’t think about it too much.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Washington, D.C., 22 June 2007 source ↗
Johnny Cash Singer and songwriter
It goes back to that music teacher when I was 12 years old. After the third lesson, I was singing some popular country song of the day. I forget the name. I think it was a Hank Williams, no, it was too early for Hank Williams, I guess. Whatever the song was, I didn’t sing it like the artist had sung it on the radio. And she said, “You’re a song stylist.” She said, “Always do it your way.” And from the age of 12, I didn’t forget that.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Glacier Park, Montana, 25 June 1993 source ↗

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