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No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.
No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I read more
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.
Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... when you'd have preferred to talk. -D.J. Kaufman.
Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... when you'd have preferred to talk. -D.J. Kaufman.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is read more
To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frigthened. -Robert C. Murphy.
It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.
It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
