Listening Quotes — Page 29

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Actor

“I'm a much better listener when I'm acting than I am as a person in real life because you learn as an actor that listening is so important. You have to really key into what the other person you're acting with is saying and how they're saying it and react in the moment to what is going on.”

Real Keys Listening

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

“In this our talking America, we are ruined by our good nature and listening on all sides. This compliance takes away the power ofbeing greatly useful.”

America Talking Listening

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Taylor Swift

Singer, Songwriter

“Listening to my songs is like reading my diary.”

Song Reading

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Tom Waits

Singer-songwriter, Actor

“I don't really like listening to the radio so much.”

Listening Radio

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Samuel Johnson

Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

“Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, - attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.”

Listening Promise Historical

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Terry Pratchett

Author

“You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. [...] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'.”

Order Atheist Listening

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Reggie Watts

Comedian, Musician

“Whether you're with a group of people, whether you're playing music or whether you're by yourself, even if it's written material, you have to be listening.”

People Listening Groups

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Reggie Watts

Comedian, Musician

“If I'm improvising and I'm not doing well it's because I'm not listening very well. Either I'm overly concerned with something or I'm drifting or maybe I'm too stoned but I'm not getting a clear signal.”

Listening Signals Drifting

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Tony Robbins

Author, Life Coach

“How can you have any regret when everything worked out fine? But why I think it worked out fine is due to the lessons I learned along the way. And one of those involves listening to experts.”

Thinking Regret Listening

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Ty Stone

Musician

“I'm a child of the 80s so I grew up listening to an awesome variety of music. John Cougar Mellencamp, Tom Petty. I've always loved Elvis Presley and Kenny Rogers. Beastie Boys made me start making music.”

Children Boys Listening

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Tony Lewis

Musician

“For any budding cricketers listening, do you have any superstitious routines before an innings, like putting one pad on first and then the other one?”

Firsts Listening Pads

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Tom Waits

Singer-songwriter, Actor

“You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone.”

People Gone Listening

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