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Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it.
The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it.
Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. -J. read more
Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. -J. Isham.
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what read more
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
 Listen, every one
 That listen may, unto a tale
  That's merrier than the nightingale.
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 Listen, every one
 That listen may, unto a tale
  That's merrier than the nightingale.
   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn (pt. III,), 
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore read more
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. -M. Scott Peck.
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. -M. Scott Peck.
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of read more
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. Every person in this life has something to teach me - and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening. -John Lahr.