Listening Quotes - Page 32

• I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores - lots of soul music.

  Stefon Harris

  Cities, Soul, Wonder

  "Stefon Harris thinks creativity is overrated". Interview with Matthew Borlik and Michael J. West, www.avclub.com. November 12, 2009.

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• The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Doe, He Man

  charles dickens (1874). “all the year round”, p.179

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• The receptive attitude enables one mind to fix itself to another as by spiritual grappling-irons. When you see that every word you utter us taken in, and weighed, and measured by your listener, you cannot free yourself from the influence of his presence. You are compelled to have in your thoughts not only the words you utter, but the man to whom they are spoken. You must not only talk, and talk well, but you must talk to him.

  Charles Dickens

  Spiritual, Attitude, Taken

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• The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries.

  Charles Dickens

  Water, May, Sake

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• The aim of talk should be like the aim of a flying arrow -- to hit the mark; but to this end there must be a mark to hit, that is, there must be a listener.

  Charles Dickens

  Arrows, Flying, Ends

  charles dickens (1874). “all the year round”, p.179

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• Of all bad listeners, the worst and most terrible to encounter is the man who is so fond of listening that he wishes to hear, not only your conversation, but that of every other person in the room.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Wish, Encounters

  charles dickens (1874). “all the year round”, p.181

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• The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.

  Evan Esar

  Long, Stories, Way

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• The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is to be on the right side with no one listening.

  Evan Esar

  Sides, Argument, No One Listening

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• A bore finds it easy to start talking, and even easier to get others to stop listening.

  Evan Esar

  Talking, Easy, Easier

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• When asked by a grumpily puzzled professor what "rules" he followed, Debussy is said to have retorted, mon plaisir "whatever I please" and he further claimed that more was to be gained by watching the sun rise than by listening to the Pastoral Symphony. Although such remarks were intended to shock, they contain a core of Debussyan verity.

  Claude Debussy

  Past, Symphony, Sun

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• Being on President Nixon's enemies list was the highest single honor I've ever received. Who knows who's listening to me now and what government list I'm on?

  Paul Newman

  Government, Honor, Enemy

  "Newman remains animated at 81". Craig Modderno, Reuters, June 12, 2006.

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• A history of listening to Top 40 radio had left me with a ridiculous and clichéd notion of love. I had never entertained the feeling myself but knew that it meant never having to say you're sorry. It was a many-splendored thing. Love was a rose and a hammer. Both blind and all-seeing, it made the world go round.

  David Sedaris

  Love, Sorry, Rose

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• Not everyone is worth listening to.

  Alain de Botton

  "The Consolations of Philosophy". Book by Alain de Botton, 2000.

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• If the members of a class do not understand -- if those directly addressed fail to listen, or listening, fail to recognize a power in the voice -- surely the fault lies with the speaker, who, having attempted to secure their attention and enlighten their understandings, has failed in the attempt.

  George Henry Lewes

  Lying, Class, Voice

  George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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• The bird That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings.

  William Somervile

  Sweet, Cheer, Night

  William Somervile (1817). “The Selector. Containing the Poetical Works of Gray, Goldsmith, Falconer & Sommerville: The chase, a poem. By William Somervile, esq. with a sketch of his life”, p.32

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• For one who is having no personal experience, the passionate disquiet of others is at any rate a titillation of the nerves, like seeing a play or listening to music.

  Stefan Zweig

  Play, Nerves, Passionate

  Stefan Zweig (1955). “Stories and Legends”

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• Elderly people are like heat-seeking missiles for people who really have an interest in listening.

  Robert M. Edsel

  Elderly, People, Heat

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I believe in listening to the - what calls you from your heart and your spirit and if you do it badly, like learning to dance, you do it badly or you're going to kick yourself when you grow old and you meant to do it.

  Anne Lamott

  Believe, Heart, Spirit

  Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. April 6, 2010.

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• I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music.

  Itzhak Perlman

  Lucky, Cry, I Can

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There's this freshness that happens within the first few takes of the actors actually listening to each other and actually really reacting.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Firsts, Actors, Reacting

  "Jennifer Lawrence Talks THE HUNGER GAMES, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, Her Tabloid “Feud” with Kristen Stewart, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 21, 2012.

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• Best selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice.

  Michael Dirda

  Advice, Selling, You Choose

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Miniaturization of electronics started by NASA's push became an entire consumer products industry. Now we're carrying the complete works of Beethoven on a lapel pin listening to it in headphones.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Electronics, Nasa, Pins

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms of wordplay, from how I pronounced my words to the actual delivery.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  Interview with Erykah Badu, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 23, 2013.

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• The mark of genius is consistency. Do we hear of naive genius piano players? If anyone knows of one, try listening to it for an hour.

  David Luiz

  Player, Piano, Consistency

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• Just listening carefully to what the musicians are really doing, putting the music in the right time... I became aware of the degree to which time, and therefore duration, was important in music and in art. It had a direct influence on my painting.

  Guido Molinari

  Music, Art, Important

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