"Listening is so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we really are."

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Source : Michael P. Nichols (2009). “The Lost Art of Listening, Second Edition: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships”, p.11, Guilford Press

Michael Nichols

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“Just as the eye was made to see colours, and the ear to hear sounds, so the human mind was made to understand, not whatever you please, but quantity.”
“John Hughes made a certain type of high school movie, and then it stayed static for 30 years. The only thing that changed was that maybe it was found footage or maybe it's a little snarkier, but the actual language that kids live in today, like with texting, motion graphics, the internet and that whole hashtag culture doesn't exist in movies today. It's left on the floor.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I must honor those who fight of their own free will, he said to himself. And I must try to imitate their courage by following my path as a pacifist, wherever it takes me.”
“The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought.”
“She should have know that villains often come with pretty faces.”
“I hated farm work. I always got stuck with the jobs my father and brother didn't want to do.”
“It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.”
“They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of my motives.”

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