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Whoopi Goldberg to Savannah College of Art and Design's Class of 2011:
"I am on a show now where I have had to learn to be flexible in my thinking, to hear the other opinion, in case -- even though they’re wrong all the other times -- in case there is something fantastic being said. You don’t know everything.
Don’t be afraid to ask the question, 'What do you mean?' Don’t be afraid to say, 'I created this this way, and this is why, and I know you want to give me a lot of money but you want too much.' Because those are the decisions you are going to have to make: when to compromise, how to compromise, if to compromise at all. You’re the big hot stuff right now, but you’re entering into a whole new group, and you have to hold your own. You cannot hold your own if you’re rigid. You have to be able to serve."
"I am on a show now where I have had to learn to be flexible in my thinking, to hear the other opinion, in case -- even though they’re wrong all the other times -- in case there is something fantastic being said. You don’t know everything.
Don’t be afraid to ask the question, 'What do you mean?' Don’t be afraid to say, 'I created this this way, and this is why, and I know you want to give me a lot of money but you want too much.' Because those are the decisions you are going to have to make: when to compromise, how to compromise, if to compromise at all. You’re the big hot stuff right now, but you’re entering into a whole new group, and you have to hold your own. You cannot hold your own if you’re rigid. You have to be able to serve."
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