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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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Song Yi Jeon

Vocalist

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
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…

The Talks, 8 May 2024 source ↗

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Gab Bois Artist
Still, I do have people I turn to before that point… I’ll send my ideas or images to a friends group chat or I ask my boyfriend, you know? Also, my dad has always been such an important figure in my life, and still is. He’s probably the most knowledgeable person I know.
Recorded The Talks, 9 March 2022 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 ↗
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 ↗
Ernst Mayr Naturalist and evolutionary biologist
Anyhow, I talked it over with my mother, and she said, “Well, if that’s what you want, go right ahead.” She was a wonderful woman. And so I did.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5 April 2001 source ↗

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