"We're all born listeners. And as a result of our modern lives, and living in a world that has less meaning than the natural world that we evolved to hear, we learn to think of listening not as taking in all the information with equal value, which is the definition of true listening. In our modern world, we tend to think of listening as focusing our attention on what is important and filtering out everything else."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Gordon Hempton

#Thinking Quotes #Listening Quotes #Important Quotes

“The words of the Lord are found in the scriptures and the teachings of the apostles and prophets. They provide us counsel and direction that, when followed, will act like a spiritual life jacket and will help us know how to hold on with both hands.”
“Real gs move in silence like lasagna.”

Source : Song: 6'7, Album: Tha Carter IV
“I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.”
“Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come.”

Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2004). “Sarah Canary”, Plume
“Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid. Star of the east the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.”

Source : Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Reginald Heber, Robert Pollok (1831). “The poetical works of Hemans, Heber and Pollok”, p.17
“[Eva Braun] complained when [Adolf Hitler] was absent, she complained that she was deprived of his company.”
“I'm not a huge fan of horror movies myself because I'm a big baby and I get too scared to watch them.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've been calling plays in the huddle since I was seven.”

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