I rediscovered the classic "wear sunscreen" column/commencement speech recently and I was reminded of this quote:
"Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth."
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