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• What shall we Christians do now with this depraved and damned people of the Jews? ... I will give my faithful advice: First, that one should set fire to their synagogues. . . . Then that one should also break down and destroy their houses. . . . That one should drive them out the country.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Country, Fire

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• When a young artist asked me for advice on drawing the human foot, I told him, ‘The first thing you must learn is how to take your shoe off, and then how to take your sock off, then prop your leg up carefully on your other knee, take a piece of paper, and draw your foot.’

  Chuck Jones

  Artist, Shoes, Drawing

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• Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.

  Patricia Cornwell

  Smart, Giving, Add

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• I'd rather take advice from my valet than from the Conservative Party Conference

  Arthur Balfour

  Party, Conservative, Conferences

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• Filled with great advice, practical support, and steamy, imaginative suggestions for how to have an exciting, challenging, satisfying sex life.

  Karen X. Tulchinsky

  Sex, Support, Challenges

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• If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly.

  Andrew Weil

  Breathing, Would Be, Limits

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• A word of advice. If, as a young man, student, you are tormented by a desire for women, it is best to get out into the fresh air as much as possible.

  Penelope Fitzgerald

  Men, Air, Desire

  Penelope Fitzgerald (1997). “The Blue Flower”, p.13, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• One Blue Dog Democratic House Member reminded me earlier this month of the saying that 'insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' He wondered if his fellow Members weren't more in need of advice from psychiatrists than from economists at this point.

  John Fund

  Dog, Blue, House

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• Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Writing, Ironic, Irony

  "Unkempt Thoughts". Book by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1962.

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• Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Strong, Offering, Giving

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• Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. Empathy, however, calls upon us to empty our mind and listen to others with our whole being.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Respect, Strong, Offering

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• Who are the people, for example, to whom you go for advice? Not to the hard, practical ones who can tell you exactly what to do, but to the listeners; that is, the kindest, least censorious, least bossy people you know. It is because by pouring out your problem to them, you then know what to do about it yourself.

  Brenda Ueland

  People, Listening, Example

  Brenda Ueland (1993). “Strength to Your Sword Arm: Selected Writings”, Holy Cow Press

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• I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.

  Livy

  Men, Thinking, Listening

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• I took advice from none but the best. I listened, how I listened! That's how I finally became my own expert.

  Peggy Guggenheim

  Listening, Experts, My Own

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• Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.

  Arnold Bennett

  Matter, Behave, Happened

  Arnold Bennett (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of Arnold Bennett (Illustrated)”, p.3905, Delphi Classics

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• It's very, very hard to speak truth to power when the truth is unpleasant. I think it's one of the toughest things especially a young person has to do and the only way you can do it is if you're willing to walk out the door if he doesn't take your advice. Or if you're willing to walk out the door if he goes over the line.

  David Gergen

  Thinking, Doors, Lines

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• Treat every piece of advice as a gift or a compliment and simply say, “Thank you.

  Marshall Goldsmith

  Pieces, Compliment, Saying Thank You

  Marshall Goldsmith (2008). “What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful”, p.118, Profile Books

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• The darker the night, the brighter the stars.

  Vasily Rozanov

  Life, Good Night, Stars

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• Jesus never gave advice

  John Bevere

  Jesus, Coaching

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• If we followed our own advice, we'd be successful.

  Fred Astaire

  Successful, Fortune Cookie, Ifs

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• My advice to you is be boring, square, asshole parents... When I have kids, the most recent CD I will own - Phil Collins, No Jacket Required, and I'll rave about it. 'Do you like rock 'n' roll? 'Cause this is rockin' good stuff, kid.'

  Patton Oswalt

  Kids, Squares, Rocks

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• So here's something I know to be true, although it's a little corny, and I don't quite know what to do with it.

  George Saunders

  Littles, Corny, Grad

  George Saunders (2014). “Congratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness”, p.17, Random House

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• Each of us is born with a series of built-in confusions that are probably somehow Darwinian. These are: (1) we're central to the universe (that is, our personal story is the main and most interesting story, the only story, really); (2) we're separate from the universe (there's US and then, out there, all that other junk - dogs and swing-sets, and the State of Nebraska and low-hanging clouds and, you know, other people), and (3) we're permanent (death is real, o.k., sure - for you, but not for me).

  George Saunders

  Dog, Real, Clouds

  "George Saunders’s Advice to Graduates". 6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com. July 31, 2013.

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• Now, we don't really believe these things - intellectually we know better - but we believe them viscerally, and live by them, and they cause us to prioritize our own needs over the needs of others, even though what we really want, in our hearts, is to be less selfish, more aware of what's actually happening in the present moment, more open, and more loving.

  George Saunders

  Selfish, Believe, Heart

  "George Saunders’s Advice to Graduates". George Saunders' Speech at Syracuse University for the class of 2013, 6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com. July 31, 2013.

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• And so, a prediction, and my heartfelt wish for you: as you get older, your self will diminish and you will grow in love. YOU will gradually be replaced by LOVE. If you have kids, that will be a huge moment in your process of self-diminishment. You really won't care what happens to YOU, as long as they benefit. That's one reason your parents are so proud and happy today. One of their fondest dreams has come true: you have accomplished something difficult and tangible that has enlarged you as a person and will make your life better, from here on in, forever.

  George Saunders

  Dream, Love You, Kids

  George Saunders (2014). “Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness”, p.42, A&C Black

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