![The only advice [for new writers and poets] I can offer is to be yourself: not the self someone else wants you to be, but the self you are. Enjoy yourself and your life. But most of all travel and eat. That's how we learn.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-only-advice-for-new-writers-and-poets-i-can-offer-is-to-be-yourself-not-th.jpg)
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being-yourself style together
What is style? It is an effortless confidence in being yourself, it is a way of putting yourself together according to your mood and what you want to project. Personal style appears to come naturally for some, but for others it can take a while to find it! Diane von Furstenberg
being-yourself makeup important
What makes you attractive is being yourself, being natural, being unaware. Even though makeup is important, you should do it all, and then forget about it. You don't want to look like anyone else, any more than you want to be anyone else. You want to look like you. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery - but it's flattering to someone else. Not to you.
being-yourself men hot
Being attractive for a few hours some evening is hardly worth being that unattractive all day (in hot rollers). Being yourself and being natural with a man is wonderful, but being downright unattractive with him is foolish.
being-yourself circles needs
Building a wardrobe is like building a circle of friends your whole life.... Your own beauty is to be yourself, but of course we need tools and accessories.
being-yourself writing who-i-am
You have to follow your own voice. You have to be yourself when you write. In effect, you have to announce, 'This is me, this is what I stand for, this is what you get when you read me. I'm doing the best I can - buy me or not - but this is who I am as a writer. David Morrell
being-yourself be-true-to-yourself true-to-yourself
Being yourself is one of the greatest things you can possibly do. Being true to yourself. Jann Wenner
being-yourself work knowing
You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself. Alan Alda
being-yourself fun dark
I think the best roles are in dark movies. It's roles that aren't you. It's fun playing someone that's not me. If I'm playing me all the time, then it's not acting. It's just being yourself. Chloe Grace Moretz
being-yourself speak-your-mind just-be-yourself
Don't front, don't put something out there that you feel isn't realistic and doesn't portray who you are. Just be yourself, be you, and don't be afraid to speak your mind.
advice follow inhale ladies smoke
When you see all of the smoke billowing up from the Democrats, ladies and gentlemen, I'd follow the advice of their nominee: Don't Inhale . Ronald Reagan
advice want trouble
The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear. Charles de Lint
advice citizens obligation people plenty
We have plenty of warnings for American citizens around the world, and it's just advice to people to tell them what to expect. And governments do that because they have an obligation to their own citizens. Richard Boucher
advice close contact helped relation travel
We have reissued our avian influenza travel bulletin and travel advice and we have helped the Indonesians with medications in relation to this and we're in very close contact with Indonesian authorities, Mr Howard
advice agent available bargains best call hours lose phone pick products tour travel
There are a lot of bargains out there. The best advice is pick up a phone and call a travel agent right now, before you lose the opportunity. Some tour operators' products are available up to 24 hours before leaving.
advice appetite bankers dedicated delivered product senior specialist
There is considerable appetite for specialist advice delivered by dedicated senior bankers who have no product conflicts. John Williams
advice best-advice knows
The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either. Ricky Gervais
advice looks higher-education
There's always a miasma of misinformation emerging from the higher education sector as to which are the 'best' courses to take. My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground. David Puttnam
advice partners katie
all the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear Byron Katie
want feels loses
I feel I've always got to keep my stand-up because I never want to lose it. Carol Leifer
want firsts staying-single
I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone. Carol Vorderman
want our-family
When you're close to your family, you want to be close to them. Carlos Beltran
want company turns
When you want to turn around a company, you want to make sure that the solution is coming from inside. Carlos Ghosn
want our-society deceiving
No, it's not that they're bad. It's that they're obliged to pretend they're good. They've been brought up to deceive and be cunning, to protect themselves from our society. I don't want to be like that. Carlos Fuentes
want
I just want to become a great leadoff hitter. Carl Crawford
want slave utility
Though no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even more galling to be a sort of utility slave whom no one will buy. C. S. Lewis
want quiet peace-and-quiet
I just want to live in peace and quiet. Agnetha Faltskog
want nostalgia sometimes
Sometimes I feel sad, but this is not nostalgia, because I don't want time to come back. Agnes Varda