“I think the important thing is for the president to show action. The people in America want to know that we're listening to them and their concerns.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantImportantShowsActionAmericaPresidentListeningConcernImportant Things Author:Trent Lott
“But being able to talk to so many patients from so many walks of life gives a tremendous window into people's lives. This is not to say I want to write about individual patients, but I think that after listening to the concerns of people who are so different from me, I can more realistically portray characters who are so different from me.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingWritingI CanDifferentCharacterAbleIndividualWalksListeningConcernWindowPatientWalks Of Life Author:Daniel Mason
“I think it could be argued that I am not heard, in the broadest sense. That is not my concern. My concern, a question really, is, do I have the courage to speak? If I speak I believe someone will respond. It then becomes my responsibility to listen to that person. And in listening, together we create a space where people can be heard. It's the conversation that I care most deeply about; this is the space I want to honor, respect, and protect. This is my faith in the open space of democracy.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelievePersonsCareTogetherSpeakI BelieveSpaceResponsibilityDemocracyHeardListeningHonorProtectConversationConcernI CareOpen Spaces Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“We're in a dangerous phase right now where too many millions of Americans aren't listening at all to what the press tells them, and that concerns me.” MillionsDangerousListeningRight NowConcernPressesPhases Author:Megyn Kelly
“There are three billion women in the world who have vaginas. I don't think we can stop fighting for our sexual liberation, for our right to control our bodies. But at the same time as we're doing that, we have to also be fighting for the rights of trans women and standing up for them and making sure that we're always providing platforms for them and listening to their concerns in solidarity.” ThinkingWorldBodyFightingThreeRightsListeningConcernStandingBillionsLiberationPlatformsProvidingSolidarityTrans Author:Eve Ensler
“My concern with this approach is that music becomes a substance devoid of people. It's a consumer model of what music is: subjects listening to objects. For me, music is subjects listening to subjects. It's about intersubjectivity.” PeopleListeningMusic IsConcern Author:Vijay Iyer
“One of the most important things in any leader or in any successful approach is to focus on connecting with people and really listening to them. We shouldn't just be saying, oh yes, the people are protesting. We need to ask them why they are protesting and try and figure out if there is something we can do to bring them in and respond to those concerns. That's not populism - that's being thoughtfully open to the fact that our citizens are allowed to have, and are even justified in having, very real concerns and questions for the people responsible for serving them.” PeopleTryingImportantRealLeaderSuccessfulFocusListeningConcernResponsibleJustified Author:Justin Trudeau
“What I don't want to see my Democratic party do is to begin to talk down towards white men, as if their concerns are not legitimate and that we shouldn't be listening to a lot of their aspirations and hopes as well.” MenPartyListeningConcernDemocraticAspirationDemocratic Party Author:Cory Booker