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10 terrific pieces of advice – from celebrities to their teenage selves

From "Dear Me," edited by Joseph Galliano, stars write letters to themselves at age 16

5. Beverly D'Angelo

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  • By Molly Driscoll

The actress who appeared in the National Lampoon Vacation series with Chevy Chase and "American History X" wrote, "You say, at age 16 [in your diary], that you want '... gardenia tree walls, the music of angels or nothing at all' – although you are assuredly under the influence of that LSD you seem to love so much, this is still an EXCELLENT CHOICE... six months from now, you will leave those cornfields and flat horizon for a world inconceivable to you at this moment."

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