"A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen."

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Diane Johnson

#Chaplains Quotes #Just Listen Quotes

“I've had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne. He wasn't flashy and he wouldn't score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest. Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn't look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he'd given everything he had for 90 minutes.”
“Why should anyone - the state, the medical profession, or anyone else - presume to tell someone else how much suffering they must endure as their life is ending?”

Source : "May Doctors Help You to Die?". www.nybooks.com. October 11, 2012.
“The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap, and exploit in a variety of ways, have a life of their own that is of importance to them apart from their utility to us. They are not only in the world, they are aware of it. What happens to them matters to them. Each has a life that fares better or worse for the one whose life it is.”
“â€ŽImprinting on someone is like... Like when you see her... Everything changes. All of a sudden, its not gravity holding you to the planet. It's her... Nothing else matters.”
“Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.”

Source : "Shakespeare and me: Zoe Wanamaker" by Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2012.
“There is no real peace in Europe, if the states are reconstituted on a basis of national sovereignty. (â€¦) They must have larger markets. Their prosperity is impossible, unless the States of Europe form themselves in a European Federation.”
“I just think that Kimbo [Slice] in the future could be a great fighter. He's got the look and obviously he's got the marketability but skill-wise he really hasn't gotten an opportunity to settle in and develop on his skills.”

Source : Source: fiveouncesofpain.com
“Start in a small TV station so you can make all of your embarrassing mistakes early and in front of fewer people!”

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