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Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
Men and Women
Marcel Archard

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We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of the Americans.
America
Ruben Askew

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The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.
Communication
Atwell

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Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
Success
Bernard M. Baruch

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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Listening
Dr. Joyce Brothers

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What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.
Speech
Hansell B. Duckett

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Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
Speakers and Speaking
Herbert Gardner

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An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening.
Acting and Actors
George Glass

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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
Listening
Ernest Hemingway

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When anyone tells me I can't do anything. I'm just not listening any more.
Impossibility
Florence Griffith Joyner

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Listening to a news broadcast is like smoking a cigarette and crushing the butt in the ashtray.
News
Milan Kundera

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Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd preferred to talk.
Wisdom
Doug Larson

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The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
Conversation
Fran Lebowitz

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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
Extravagance
Imelda Marcos

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Listening well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
Listening
John Marshall

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I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie.
Listening
Walter Matthau

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From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.
Communication
Proverb

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Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
Judgment and Judges
Donald Rumsfeld

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One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them.
Persuasion
Dean Rusk

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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
Silence
Dame Edith Sitwell

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No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.
Newspapers
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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Anybody who ask for advice nowadays just hasn't been listening.
Advice
Source Unknown

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Opportunities are often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be listening.
Listening
Source Unknown

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Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.
Listening
William A. Ward

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