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“Steadfastness, that is holding on; patience, that is holding back; expectancy, that is holding the face up; obedience, that is holding one's self in readiness to go or do; listening, that is holding quiet and still so as to hear.”

Stills Self Faces Listening Quiet Obedience Holding On Readiness Expectancy Holding Back Steadfastness

Author:S. D Gordon

“Folk songs are evasive-the truth about life, and life is more or less a lie, but then again that's exactly the way we want it to be. We wouldn't be comfortable with it any other way. A folk song has over a thousand faces and you must meet them all if you want to play this stuff. A folk song might vary in meaning and it might not appear the same from one moment to the next. It depends on who's playing and who's listening.”

Ifs Way Want Play Moments Might Faces Life Is Lying Song Next Stuff Listening Depends Thousand Comfortable Folks Vary Folk Songs Truth About Life

Book:Chronicles

Source: Chronicles

“On my face extended flat I was walloped with a cat For listening at the key-hole of the door.”

Faces Doors Keys Listening Discipline Cat Holes Flats

Author:W. S. Gilbert

“Dialogue is a space where we may see the assumptions which lay beneath the surface of our thoughts, assumptions which drive us, assumptions around which we build organizations, create economies, form nations and religions. These assumptions become habitual, mental habits that drive us, confuse us and prevent our responding intelligently to the challenges we face every day.”

“The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind.”

“I can watch anybody all day long if they're really doing what they're doing. I have a fascination with human behavior, watching people talk, when they pick at their face or how they hold their hand or if they're listening to you, if they're not listening to you.”

People Ifs Humans Long I Can Hands Faces Watches Listening Behavior Picks Human Behavior Fascination

Author:Scoot McNairy

“The Domino Effect could stand for anything. It could be just the simple game of the domino rocks falling off one after another, all kinds of decision we make that come back to our face. For example take an anorexic model that stops eating until she dies, or the bombs that a are thrown in a war and the effect they have on people, or even something simple as listening to a record that you like until you get bored of it and leave it in your shelf.”

“Anything that provokes a visceral or spiritual response and ignites my senses. Whether it's listening to the ocean, dancing to a song I adore, feeling the wind across my face, sampling a fantastic new dish, or witnessing a phenomenal show, if I experience it before I can even think about it, it makes me come alive.”

Ifs Thinking I Can Shows Feelings Faces Spiritual Song Alive Wind Listening Ocean Dancing Response Senses Fantastic Dishes Provoking Adore Phenomenal Ignite Visceral Sampling

Author:Grace Gealey

“By the way, for those who are listening, I absolutely define - I have a face for radio. Unfortunately, I've got a voice for print. So I apologize for the sandpaper you're listening to.”

Way Faces Voice Listening Radio Print Apologizing I Apologize Sandpaper

Author:Frank Luntz

“Here are a few ways to face a habit and say "no" to it: Go outside your fixed routine; turn off the computer and the television; find a new outlet for your down time; talk to someone who holds a viewpoint contrary to yours and pay respectful attention, really listening.”

Way Faces Turns Pay Attention Television Listening Habit Computer Contrary Fixed Routine Outlets Respectful Viewpoints Turn Off Down Time

Author:Deepak Chopra

“In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really want to be listening to what somebody is saying; you want to project your jokes into their face.”

People Want Two Whole Faces Listening Projects Jokes Back And Forth

Author:John Oliver

“Listening to it was like having a mud-slimed piece of silk drawn lightly back and forth across her face.”

Faces Pieces Listening Mud Back And Forth Silk

Book:Gerald's Game

Source: Gerald's Game

“His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed like a flower and the incarnation was complete.”

“I will come back as a little breeze. You will feel me on your face, and you will know that I am still listening. So you can still talk to me.”

Knows Life Feels Littles Stills Faces Listening Your Face Breeze Talk To Me

Author:Elizabeth Berg

“He lay face down, listening to the silence. He was perfectly alone. Nobody was watching. Nobody else was there. He was not perfectly sure that he was there himself.”

Faces Silence Listening Lays

Author:J. K. Rowling