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Lessons Learned: Great Advice from Women in the Spotlight

Kiernan Shipka
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"Always do what's right, even if other people aren't. Don't do something just because it will please people, and don't not do something just because it'll upset people. My mother told me that."

—Kiernan Shipka, 11, actress, AMC's Mad Men
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From the May 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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