"....there is a difference between hearing and listening. You can't always help what you hear. But you can control what holds your interest, what you choose to dwell on."

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Source : Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (2010). “Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

Brandon Mull

#Differences Quotes #Listening Quotes #Hearing Quotes

“People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person.”
“I always feel I am in the dark. You are never finishedâ€¦ it is not as if you can look back and think: ahâ€¦ I know what I am talking about. You are only as good as your last job and are always struggling and striving and you never quite get to where you want to beâ€¦”

Source : "Ben Whishaw: 'I feel I'm always in the dark' - interview". Interview With Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2013.
“People who think they have no belief quite often say they want to pray but they do not know who or what they could be praying to. Aquinas would not say to such people, 'Ah, but you see, if you became a believer, a Christian, we would change all that. You would come to understand to whom you are praying.' Not at all. He would say to such people, 'If you became a Christian you would stop being surprised or ashamed of your condition. You would be happy with it. For faith would assure you that you could not know what God is until he reveals himself to us openly.'”
“The history of second-generation actors isn't great in our industry,”
“Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?”
“I'm not hoping to see that day but I know that my cinema will reach Filipinos. I know that they will embrace it one day. It will happen. I'm very sure of that. I still have faith in cinema. I still believe it can affect change.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“There were between 46 and 52 drone strikes under the [George W.] Bush administration. And now there are over 400 - that's not counting Afghanistan. So this has been tremendously increased under the [Barack] Obama administration.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“It's not just a question of doing what you love for a living. It's about doing what you love with love. Then your life and all be transformed.”

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