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When you need counsel, who is the first person you call?

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

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Francis Collins

American physician-scientist

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I surround myself with brilliant people who are wise and whose advice I can lean on at every possible moment. The Genome Project is a wonderful team effort. It’s not my project, this is a project that involves close to 1,000 scientists at institutions all over the world. The United States is taking a larger role than any other country, but many other countries are participating. In the U.S. we have a large number of genome centers. We have experts in almost every area. I have advisors who are willing to give up their time and energy to making sure we get there responsibly. It is a heavy load of responsibility, but I can share that load with people who are every bit as committed to the future of this endeavor as I am.

Academy of Achievement, Academy of Achievement interview, Bethesda, Maryland, 1 April 2000 source ↗

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Norman Schwarzkopf United States Army general; commander of coalition forces in the 1991 Gulf War
My wife, my children, my friends, myself. I’m my own strongest critic. I am much tougher on myself than anybody I know, consistently.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Las Vegas, Nevada, 26 June 1992 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 ↗
Song Yi Jeon Vocalist
It’s been amazing to be able to spend so much time with her. I’ve joined a couple of tours last year and I’m going to visit her in Denver soon. And that sense of trust we were talking about, I mean, she really pushes me to do anything I want to do. She’s really helping to instill a new kind of confidence in me, whether that’s collaborating with a certain musician or visual artist, or indulging in a different style of improvisation…
Recorded The Talks, 8 May 2024 source ↗
Maya Angelou Poet, memoirist and civil rights activist
Try to retain some of the finest parts of the African American culture, some of the sweetest parts. The fact that people kind of drop their voices and become almost musical when they talk to a friend, or to a preacher, or to a teacher. They say, “Hey! How you doin’?” Remember that. Keep the melody in your mind and in your spirit. It will keep you tender in the tough times, which is very important.
Recorded Academy of Achievement, Academy of Achievement interview, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1 April 2000 source ↗

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