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Baz Luhrmann---Everyone's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
If I could offer you one tip for the future, sunscreen
would be it. The
long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the
rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my
own meandering
experience... I will dispense this advice now
Enjoy the power and beauty of you youth; oh,
nevermind, you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until
they've faded. But trust
me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself
and recall in a way
you can't grasp now, how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous
you really looked. You are NOT as fat as you imagine
Do not worry about the future; or worry, but know that
worrying is as
effective as trying to solve and algebra equation by
chewing bubblegum. The
real toubles in life are apt to be things that never
crossed your worried
mind; the kind the blindsides you an 4pm on some idle
Tuesday
Do one thing everyday that scares you
Sing
Do not be reckless with other peoples hearts. Do not
put up with people who
are reckless with yours
Floss
Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're
ahead, sometimes you're
behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with
yourself
Remember compliments you recieve. Forget the
insults. If you suceed in doing
this, tell me how
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank
statements
Stretch
Do not feel guilty if you don't know what you wanna do
with your life,...
the most interesting people I know didn't know at 22
what they wanted to do
with their lives, some of the most ineresting 40 year
olds I know still
don't
Get plenty of calcium
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're
gone
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll
have children, maybe you
won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40. Maybe you'll dance
the funky chicken at
your 75th wedding anniversary.... Whatever you do,
don't congratulate
yourself too much or berate yourself either - your
choices are half chance,
so are everybody else's
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can... don't be
afraid of it, or what
other people think of it... it's the greatest instrument
you'll ever own
Dance... even if you have nowhere else to do it but in
your own living room
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them
Do NOT read beauty magazines they will only make
you feel UGLY
Get to know your parents, you never know when they
might be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings; They're your best link to your
past, and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future
Understand that friends come and go, except for the
precious few you should
hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography
and lifestyle because the
older you get, the more you need the people you knew
when you were young
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes
you hard. Live in
Northern California once, but, leave before it makes
you soft
Travel
Accept certain inalienable truths. Prices will rise,
Politicians will
philander, you too will get old. And when you do, you'll
fantasize that when
you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians
were noble, and children
respected their elders
Respect your elders
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe
you'llhave a trust fund,
maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never
know when either one might
run out
Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time it's
40, it will look 85
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with
those who supply it.
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 its worth
But trust me on the sunscreen
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