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Who do you turn to when you need advice?

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

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Norman Schwarzkopf

United States Army general; commander of coalition forces in the 1991 Gulf War

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My wife, my children, my friends, myself. I’m my own strongest critic. I am much tougher on myself than anybody I know, consistently.

Academy of Achievement interview, Las Vegas, Nevada, 26 June 1992 source ↗

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Derek Sivers Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want
I literally just call my five or ten best friends around the world. Sometimes I just go through the list. I call Aly. Ah, no answer. Okay, let me try Mitra. Ah, no answer. Okay, let me try Zita. "Hey, I got an idea. Let me run it by you? Okay? You got a minute?"
Recorded Kelly Irving, community interview transcript, Expert Author Community, 29 August 2025 source ↗
Reid Hoffman Co-founder of LinkedIn; partner at Greylock Partners
Well, that all comes from your network. And so even today with, well over 300 million people on LinkedIn, most people have yet to learn how to use their network, in order to ally with their network, in order to find the right economic opportunities. And that’s one of the things that I’m still working on.
Recorded Academy of Achievement, Academy of Achievement interview, Mountain View, California, 1 April 2012 source ↗
Arlo Parks Singer-songwriter and poet; Mercury Prize winner
I want to be a voice for the kid. I mean, it sounds quite contrived, but I want to make music that I would have wanted to hear when I was 14.
Recorded The Talks, The Talks, 18 September 2021 source ↗
Joachim Trier Film director
Every time I call my wife or my friends or my mother or whoever and I say, “I fucked it up this time,” and then at the end of it, I feel okay. I resolved what I can do with this.
Recorded The Talks, 1 April 2026 source ↗

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