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• Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

  Doug Larson

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

  James A. Baldwin

  Family, Education, Wisdom

  Nobody Knows My Name (1961) "Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a letter from Harlem"

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• A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.

  Edward de Bono

  Beautiful, Mind, Attractive

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• Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Listening, Process, Reciprocal

  Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.239, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

  Dale Carnegie

  Interesting, Want, Good Conversation

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• People of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Becoming, Influence

  John C. Maxwell (2009). “Maxwell 2-in-1 Becoming a Person of Influence & Talent Is Never Enough”, p.274, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.

  Brad Listi

  Jobs, Talking, Listening

  Source: therumpus.net

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• A good listener: a physical presence that is warm, alert, intelligent - more important than any words.

  Susan Sontag

  Intelligent, Listening, Important

  Susan Sontag (2012). “As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980”, p.382, Macmillan

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• I think... you know, collaboration, in general - no matter movies, television or Broadway - is offering of what you can bring to the table and also fighting what you think the important battles are. Not everything is going to make it in there. Not everything is going to work. You have to collaborate. And you have to be a good listener.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Fighting, Thinking, Offering

  Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. October 2, 2010.

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• It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement.

  Deepak Chopra

  Emotional, Mindfulness, Attention

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• Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.

  Walter Anderson

  Eulogy, Listening, Treasured

  Walter Anderson (1986). “Courage is a three-letter word”, Random House Inc

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• Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows.

  Helen Keller

  White, Listening, Crow

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.63, American Foundation for the Blind

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• The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

  Kelly Wearstler

  Keys, Important, Key To Success

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• I don't think you can be a good listener unless you're a good listener. I think it's something that you really have to do, and if you really do it, then you can do it. If you don't do it, then you can't do it.

  Dick Gephardt

  Thinking, Can Do, Listeners

  "Chameleon" by Richard Blow, www.motherjones.com. September/October 1994.

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• People aren't very good listeners, by nature. Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex simple. I try to capture a concept, an idea or a moment in a few words. If they remember it, job done.

  Mike Tomlin

  Jobs, Simple, Ideas

  "Inside Tomlin's Style: Humility, Words Matter for Steelers Coach". Interview with Jarrett Bell, usatoday30.usatoday.com. January 31, 2009.

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• I'm a good listener. I think it's the one characteristic that's most important. I've always been that way. Not that I take all the advice, but you've got to listen to it and have the courage to make your own decision. Then I just go for it.

  Tom Cruise

  Thinking, Decision, Advice

  "New Again: Tom Cruise And Cameron Crowe". Interview with Jeff Oloizia, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 15, 2011.

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• The average person suffers from three delusions: 1) That he is a good driver 2) That he has a good sense of humor and 3) That he is a good listener.

  Steven Sample

  Average, Suffering, Three

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• What we do wrong with teenagers is we talk down to you instead of treating you as equals. Adults complain that you're not good listeners but really, adults are not listening to what you're trying to tell us. We're always trying to give you advice. We should treat you with lots of respect and dignity and groom you to be future leaders.

  Deepak Chopra

  Teenager, Always Trying, Giving

  Source: www.seventeen.com

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• Women are good listeners, but it's a waste of time telling your troubles to a man unless there's something specific you want him to do.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Men, Listening, Want

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.47, BookBaby

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• You don't necessarily have to go to film school to be a brilliant film maker. If you are a good listener and you study life, and you find that story that is buried within each and every one of us, and you figure out a way to bring that out. And sometimes it doesn't necessarily mean money or winning the lottery.

  Tony Todd

  School, Mean, Winning

  "Interview with Horror Icon Tony Todd". Interview with Rob Frappier, screenrant.com. October 1, 2010.

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• I really believe being a good listener is important for anybody, and particularly for somebody who wants to be a leader.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Leader, Important

  "This Hillary Clinton interview is my favorite of the entire 2016 election". www.washingtonpost.com. October 26, 2016.

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• I don't speak a lot when I get home, during the season. It's great. I just get to sit and listen. My wife gets to tell me whatever she wants to tell me, and I don't talk. I'm too exhausted to talk, so I'm a very good listener.

  Thomas Sadoski

  Home, Wife, Want

  Source: collider.com

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• Good listeners are perceived as good conversationalists.

  Susan RoAne

  Listening, Good Conversation, Listeners

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• I had school debt I had to pay off. Sometimes I would do commercials to get me through. And so I kept bumping along like that and learning different things. I knew I wanted to get out on my own. I was just super-curious, and I was a good listener. And that got me through.

  Susan Sarandon

  School, Different, Debt

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Stop eating junk. Be a good listener and a loyal friend.

  Claudia Black

  Junk, Loyal, Eating

  "Claudia Black: Actor, Containment, On Trusting Your Gut, Investigating Your Shadows, Never Trash-talking Yourself, Raising Heart-centered Men, and Supporting Renewable Energy". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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