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What is the best piece of advice you ever got?

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  1. towman1 towman1 is offline

    Auburn, GA
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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 9:52pm)

    if possible try to narrow it down to the single best advice the one piece you most live by

    mine was by my high school coach He said "believe is something even if you just believe in yourself you will be better off "
  2. Z-Fresh Z-Fresh is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 9:55pm) in reply to towman1

    "When a thing is done, advice comes too late."
  3. kmc28 kmc28 is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 9:55pm) in reply to Z-Fresh

    cut the shit
  4. Mr323 Mr323 is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 9:56pm) in reply to kmc28

    "I feel advice is the worst vice of them all" Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate.
  5. Jaybone2315 Jaybone2315 is offline Professional Couch Ruiner

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 9:57pm) in reply to Mr323

    Probably something i didnt listen to...
  6. Abratzzi Abratzzi is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 9:57pm) in reply to Jaybone2315

    Dont jack off to much you will go blind.
  7. towman1 towman1 is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 9:58pm) in reply to Jaybone2315

     
    Originally Posted by Jaybone2315 View Post

    Probably something i didnt listen to...

    I feel ya Brother.........

    I also got "it's all pink on the inside" and testing that probably cost me my life
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  8. R_U_Nuts R_U_Nuts is offline

    South Bend, IN
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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 9:58pm) in reply to towman1

    When fighting with your wife and you're 100% in the right just shut the fuck up and let her win.
  9. FI5HMAN FI5HMAN is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 9:59pm) in reply to towman1

    Just walk in like you own the place.
     
  10. towman1 towman1 is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:00pm) in reply to R_U_Nuts

     
    Originally Posted by R_U_Nuts View Post

    When fighting with your wife and you're 100% in the right just shut the fuck up and let her win.

    lol think ECU posted this on facebook a few days ago
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  11. ginwilly ginwilly is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:01pm) in reply to towman1

    I had been dumped by a crazy/hot woman and was struggling getting over it. My Dad told me a story about a monkey with a beautiful tail playing too close the tracks. When a train came by it cut off the end of his tail. He was devastated and felt he just couldn't live without this piece of tail and felt he was less of a monkey without so he tried to get it back. When he leaned over the tracks to get it he got his head cut off. So my Dad's advice which I have passed onto my nephew in the same situation....

    "Don't lose your head over a little piece of tail"
  12. Mr323 Mr323 is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:02pm) in reply to FI5HMAN

     
    Originally Posted by FI5HMAN View Post

    Just walk in like you own the place.

    Love this one, and it works. One of my favorite horses of all time "Act as if"
  13. Moonlight Graham Moonlight Graham is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:03pm) in reply to Mr323

    It's not always what you know, but who you know.

    First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
  14. MadProfesor MadProfesor is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:04pm) in reply to Moonlight Graham

    3 bet more often.
  15. Jaybone2315 Jaybone2315 is offline Professional Couch Ruiner

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:04pm) in reply to ginwilly

     
    Originally Posted by ginwilly View Post

    I had been dumped by a crazy/hot woman and was struggling getting over it. My Dad told me a story about a monkey with a beautiful tail playing too close the tracks. When a train came by it cut off the end of his tail. He was devastated and felt he just couldn't live without this piece of tail and felt he was less of a monkey without so he tried to get it back. When he leaned over the tracks to get it he got his head cut off. So my Dad's advice which I have passed onto my nephew in the same situation....

    "Don't lose your head over a little piece of tail"

    I heard this same story before... but it was a rabbit and not a monkey.
  16. smokerock247 smokerock247 is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:04pm) in reply to Jaybone2315

    "when the going gets tough, the tough get going"

    "you can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit"
  17. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:06pm) in reply to smokerock247

    When I was 11 or so my dad was dropping me off at a friends birthday. My godfather was in the car and I'm pretty sure they were going drinking. He asked me if there would be girls there and I said yes. As I was getting out of the car he said:

    "Keep your dick in your pants until you know what you are doing."

    Solid advice iyam.
  18. Mikey Babes Mikey Babes is offline tuna, cottage cheese and mayo

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:11pm) in reply to Glo4m

    Work smart not hard

    These people dont come here to make big folds they come to make big calls. When you can understand that you can understand more of the game.

    Its not what ya know. Its who ya know.
  19. Abratzzi Abratzzi is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:15pm) in reply to Mikey Babes

    You cant buy toys "r" us equipment and pay us Mc Donalds wages to build a rocket ship.
  20. clemsonrich clemsonrich is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:16pm) in reply to Abratzzi

    Don't shit too close to the house.

    Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you are right.
     
  21. tdk tdk is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:17pm) in reply to Mikey Babes

    its our actions that define who we are, far more than our abilities.
  22. Mr323 Mr323 is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:20pm) in reply to tdk

    Now that I thought about it, from an old timer at the racetrack:

    "You can do everything right for 30 years, never making a mistake or doing anything wrong. If you do the wrong thing for one minute, that is what they will remember about you"
  23. nutbreaker nutbreaker is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:20pm) in reply to Mr323

    Never trust someone that says "trust me".

    Smile after you take a shot to stop yourself from throwing up. :)
  24. clemsonrich clemsonrich is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:23pm) in reply to nutbreaker

    Never trust a man with tan thighs.
     
  25. Z-Fresh Z-Fresh is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:23pm) in reply to clemsonrich

    Never dip your pen in company ink.
    Edited By: Z-Fresh Nov 3rd, 2011 at 10:23 PM
  26. whitealroker whitealroker is offline looking for action in Vegas...

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:25pm) in reply to Z-Fresh

    "never go in againist a sicilian when death is on the line"
  27. kowboy8686 kowboy8686 is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:26pm) in reply to nutbreaker

    IF IFs and buts were candies and nuts, ohhh what a merry Christmas we would have!
  28. ECUgirl ECUgirl is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:32pm) in reply to kowboy8686

    My grandfather used to say "Don't take wooden nickels" lol I have no idea what it means, but I always think of him and how funny he was. Love you and miss you, Granddaddy :)

    On a serious note, I think the best piece of advice I ever got was to treat everyone kindly, because you never know what someone is going through. Hard words to live by, but it's proven true in my own life.
  29. mackieinva mackieinva is offline

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:34pm) in reply to ECUgirl

    Always take the chance while you still have the chance to take it (from great grandmother when she was 99, passed away like two weeks later)

    You gotta be smarter than what you're working on (from my pops)

    Don't be an idiot (from Michael Scott, it changed my life)
  30. saxman saxman is online now

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    Nov 3rd, 2011 (11/3/2011 10:34pm) in reply to mackieinva

    Many many years ago, my manager told me you won't learn anything sitting on your ass in the office. If you don't know what something is, get out into the plant and put your hands on it, pick it up, find out what it does, how it works.
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