"Listening to what people were saying wasn't even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what people were saying. Actually, listening to what people are saying, to me, interferes with looking as if you were listening to what people are saying."

-- Errol Morris

#People Quotes #Listening Quotes #Important Quotes

“He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.”
“I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my apprenticeship which may for some people sound like a very long one, but the novel as art is a middle-aged art.”
“When Providence favors, you can make a safe voyage on a twig.”
“I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put yourself in those people's shoes and go from there. So that's what I did.”
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

Source : William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”
“When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.”

Source : Interview with Judy McGuire, Punk Magazine, www.punkmagazine.com. 2001.
“As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.”
“I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas.”

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