What is the best advice you have ever received?

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Recorded Ralph Fiennes said elsewhere, not written here
Well, I remember Steven Spielberg was incredibly informed about lenses and technical things, and that made him very instinctive in terms of how he directed: “Do it quicker, faster, something’s not right.” He is totally spontaneous, he doesn’t try to measure his direction but it’s very true, it’s very direct and for that reason, very exciting.

Interview recorded at the Cairo Film Festival, 2018, The Talks, 16 January 2019 source ↗

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Peyton Manning American football quarterback
My dad always told me and my two brothers, “Don’t ever get too proud or too old to say that you love me and to say that you love each other.” “Love” is a pretty commonly used word in our family. When I talk to my brothers now on the phone midday, we always end the conversation saying, “I love you. I love you, bro.”
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Washington, D.C., 22 June 2007 source ↗
Patricia Smith Poet; Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York
“What sound does that color make?” Yeah, that was a question of hers in fifth grade. And I was like, “Well, colors don’t have sound.” And eventually, she said, “You know red sounds different than blue.” And I, “Yeah, red sounds angry, blue sounds —” And so she was pushing me into, “Here’s your simile, here’s your metaphor. This is all you’re going to need. Run, my child.”
Recorded Pádraig Ó Tuama, On Being, 28 August 2023 source ↗
Vince Gill Musician, singer and songwriter
I think some of the best advice I got as a young session musician — the first time I played on something — they came back and said, “Now just play me half of what you know. Okay, that was impressive, but that’s not what I need here.” So it’s really an exercise on what’s best going to serve the work in front of you, what’s the job that will do that the best.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Singita Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa, 5 July 2009 source ↗
Charlie Munger Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023
wisdom acquisition is a moral duty. It’s not something you do just to advance in life. Wisdom acquisition is a moral duty.
Recorded USC Gould School of Law commencement, 2007, Speakola, 2007 source ↗

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