"When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things."

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Richard Ford

#People Quotes #Listening Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.”
“Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.”
“Every satisfaction he attains lays the seeds of some new desire, so that there is no end to the wishes of each individual will.”
“I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live”
“The worlds of Truth (love) and illusion (fear) are like parallel universes; with every thought we make a choice which one to inhabit”
“How deeply rooted must unbelief be in our hearts when we are surprised to find our prayers answered.”

Source : Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare, Edward Hayes Plumptre (1851). “Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers: First Series”, p.297
“The life and simple beauty of it is too good to pass up”

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