“For me, a story's a story if people want to hear it; it's very much based on oral storytelling. And for me, a story is a story when people give me the privilege of listening when I'm speaking it out loud.” PeopleIfsWantGivingStoriesListeningGive MePrivilegeStorytellingLoud Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Of course, spending time with family is always good. I love the outdoors, so if I get a chance to go out and hike or bike around, that's always great. If I don't have time to leave, just listening to some music that I love reenergizes me and gives me that break I need to go back to whatever it is I'm doing.” IfsNeedsGivingCoursesChanceBreakListeningGive MeSpendingBikeJust ListenSpending TimeTime To Leave Author:Anousheh Ansari
“Hearing politicians tell us we can't afford a tax cut is like listening to a glutton tell you he can't afford a diet. In no other context do people talk about paying for money they don't have. I can't pay for your refusal to give me money because I need a yacht.” PeopleNeedsGivingI CanPayCuttingListeningPoliticianTaxesGive MeHearingDietsRefusalTax CutsYacht Author:Ann Coulter
“Rarely a producer gives me music and I write to it. I think that's too easy. Most of the time for me, it's on an elevator or in my car listening to absolutely nothing. I'll just be driving and then the lyrics birth.” ThinkingGivingWritingEasyCarListeningBirthGive MeDrivingProducersAbsolutely NothingElevators Author:Brooke Valentine
“I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that's what the Grateful Dead is all about.” GivingYearsBoysMaterialsListeningBandGive MeGratefulDecadesFantasticTeenagerShirtsCollectionsConcertsT ShirtLive Concerts Author:Bill Walton
“Going to religious places gives me clarity. When I am sitting there, I am in a state of gratitude with my defence mechanism down and am open to receiving that energy, that gives me clarity as at that time, you are listening to your heart. The heart shows you the direction in life. The mind exists only to execute your emotion.” GivingMindHeartStatesShowsEnergyReligiousEmotionListeningGratitudeSittingGive MeDown AndClarityMechanismReceivingDefenceListen To Your HeartDefence Mechanism Author:Arjun Rampal
“You, God, who live next door - If at times, through the long night, I trouble you with my urgent knocking - this is why: I hear you breathe so seldom. I know you're all alone in that room. If you should be thirsty, there's no one to get you a glass of water. I wait listening, always. Just give me a sign! I'm right here... Sen komşu tanrı, Uzun geceler bazen, Kapına vura vura uyandırıyorsam seni Solumanı seyrek duyduğumdandır... Bilirim, yalnızsın odanda. Sana birşey gerekse kimse yok, Bir yudum su versin aradığında. Hep dinlerim, yeter ki bir ses edin, Öyle yakınım sana.” IfsKnowsGivingShouldLongNightNextWaitingWaterRoomsTroubleDoorsListeningGive MeGlassesBreatheUrgentKnockingThirstyAll AloneLong NightsYaksSana Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
“We talk a lot on 'Biggest Loser' about how fitness is a natural antidepressant, how it burns off stress. What I like about running is that it gives me time alone. I'm always busy, with people at work, with my kids. I love getting out for a run by myself and just listening to my music.” PeopleGivingRunningKidsNaturalLossListeningGive MeStressBusyLoserWeight LossMe AloneJust ListenAlone TimeAntidepressantsBiggest Loser Author:Alison Sweeney