One-liners of Advice

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<p>One of the traps that you should avoid is equating academic selectivity with educational quality or academic rigor.</p>

<p>Originally posted by icemaker [here.](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=1462899&postcount=6”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=1462899&postcount=6&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

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<p>bump to top</p>

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<p>Heh. WS, you’re a trouble maker. I like that.</p>

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<p>The late, great Warren Zevon to David Letterman, <a href=“http://www.warrenzevon.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=ENCYC;action=display;num=1110384391[/url]”>http://www.warrenzevon.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=ENCYC;action=display;num=1110384391&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Well, “Werewolves of London” is on my iTunes playlist. And I did save money with GEICO.</p>

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<p>You never have to recover from a good start!</p>

<p>This quote came from Buddy Melges - an accomplished sailor.</p>

<p>I first heard it from the VP of Sales at our company who was encouraging us to get ahead of our quota rather than make a late charge. I’ve used it numerous times since with my kids in high school to encourage them to get off to a fast start for the trimester rather than get behind.</p>

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<p>The only difference between a dream and a goal is a plan.</p>

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<p>This one was inspired by my on Mom, many years ago, when I had to decide between commuting to a local college or living away at a state college. She told me to go away, try it, if you do not like it you can always come home. You may always wonder ‘what if’ if you never tried.</p>

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<p>This is my future father-in-law’s advice for absolutely every situation imaginable.</p>

<p>My boyfriend has his own version – Step one, get it done. Step two, there’s always more to do.</p>

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<p>nm…</p>

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<p>Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.</p>

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<p>My advice to my D since age zero. She knows that both my hubby and I adore what we do and wouldn’t want to do anything else. When our family live and schedule go nuts, she knows that we still love what we do and it makes all the headache worth it!</p>

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<p>Winston Churchill: “If it’s worth doing well, it’s worth doing poorly.”</p>

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<p>Something I have used with my kids, “What’s the worst thing that can happen?” Usually when one is unduly worried about something.</p>

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<p>This is line is always handy when you have friends with younger siblings of the opposite sex</p>

<p>“If there’s grass on the field, play ball”</p>

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<p>“Go ahead and ask…the worst they can say is No.”</p>

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<p>The sun don’t shine on the same dog’s a$$ every afternoon.</p>

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<p>What I always say to my kids:</p>

<p>“There’s one rule followed by all wise people: always adjust your car seat before you tighten the seatbelt.”</p>

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<p>“When God closes a door, he always opens a window.” Maria von Trapp in “Sound of Music”</p>