“I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and I found that's the way that works for me. The more energy you have on set, the better you'll be; it's all about being alive in that moment and listening.” WayMomentsJobsFoundEnergyAliveListeningTrainingBoatThat MomentRehearsing Author:Rory McCann
“All scientists have found that preconceived notions, dogmas, and all personal prejudice and bias, must be set aside, listening patiently, quietly and reverently to the lessons, one by one, which Mother Nature has to teach, shedding light on that which was before a mystery, so that all who will may see and know. She conveys her truths only to those who are passive and receptive.” KnowsMayLightMotherFoundNatureTeachMysteryListeningLessonsScientistPrejudiceNotionDogmaPassiveBiasMother NatureReceptivePreconceived NotionsShedding Light Author:Luther Burbank
“The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries.” WayMayFoundGivenForceWaterMovementObjectsListeningLimitsFunctionSakeBoundariesFixedHelpfulListenersFulfillingDefiniteCentreConfinedTalkersCanalsRestrainingErratic Author:Charles Dickens
“I found the speech, after listening to it in context, vile in manner, repugnant, malicious, mean-spirited and spoken in mockery of individuals and people, which is against the spirit of Islam. While I stand by the truths that he spoke, I must condemn in the strongest terms the manner in which those truths were represented.” PeopleMeanSpiritFoundIndividualTermListeningSpeechIslamSpokesStrongestMockerySpiritedMaliciousMean Spirited Author:Louis Farrakhan
“The fact that we have not yet found the slightest evidence for life - much less intelligence - beyond this Earth does not surprise or disappoint me in the least. Our technology must still be laughably primitive, we may be like jungle savages listening for the throbbing of tom-toms while the ether around them carries more words per second than they could utter in a lifetime.” MayDoeStillsFactsEarthFoundTechnologyListeningEvidenceSurpriseLifetimeCarrieTomsPrimitiveSavagesJungleDisappoint Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“The artist's life is to be where life is, active life, found in neither ivory tower nor concrete shelter; he must be out listening to everything, looking at everything, and thinking it all out afterward.” ThinkingBookLife IsArtistFoundLanguageListeningActiveConcreteShelterTowersIvoryActive LifeIvory Tower Author:Sean O'Casey
“I started acting when I was five years old. I found it randomly, through listening to my brother study monologues. I auditorally started memorizing them for no reason, and started repeating them to anyone who would listen to me. And then, I begged my mom to let me do whatever that meant because I couldn't put into words exactly what that meant. It just meant me happy. And then, when I was 11 years old, I realized what I was doing and I looked to my mom and said, "Can I make this something I can do for the rest of my life?" She was like, "Yeah, sure, if you want to." And I was like, "Okay, great! I think I might want to do this forever."” ThinkingWantYearsSaidReasonMightFoundActingForeverStudyFiveBrotherListeningMomLet MeMy MomI RealizedMy BrotherFive YearsNo ReasonListen To MeFive Year OldsMonologuesMemorizing Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“Candlesticks and incense not being portable into the maintop, the sailor perceives these decorations to be, on the whole, inessential to a maintop mass. Sails must be set and cables bent, be it never so strict a saint's day; and it is found that no harm comes of it. Absolution on a lee-shore must be had of the breakers, it appears, if at all; and they give plenary and brief without listening to confession.” IfsGivingWholeFoundListeningMassSaintHarmPerceiveShoreConfessionSailStrictBentCeremonyCablesSailorDecorationIncenseAbsolution Book:Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin Source: Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin
“I know what love feels like. That is one thing I have found. That is one thing that is much clearer because of fibromyalgia. Because once you experience real pain you recognize the vibration, the feeling of being healthy, happy and loved. If I'm not living from my heart, I get sick. I need to do things that feed my soul, like being with people I love, or playing my guitar, or listening to music.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsFeelsHeartRealSoulFeelingsPainFoundOne ThingListeningMy HeartHealthySickGuitarMy SoulListening To MusicVibrationsReal PainHealthy Happy Author:A. J. Langer
“I have found that by looking at what is rewarded and punished, and why, universally - i.e., in nature as well as in humanity - I have been able to learn more about what is "good" and "bad" than by listening to most people's views about good and bad.” PeopleLifeWellsHas BeensAbleHumanityFoundGrowthViewsListeningPersonal GrowthInvestingGood And Bad Author:Ray Dalio
“Majoring in religion, listening to TV evangelists interpret the scriptures and dictate my offerings-I found my God inside myself-in every moment and piece of matter. Everything is animate.” MatterMomentsFoundPiecesTvsListeningScriptureOfferingEvangelists Author:Amy Ray
“I mean, you can't have sex until you're married if you're Mormon. The first time I had sex, my parents found out. They were listening in on the phone while I was talking about sex to my girlfriend. They freaked out, man. They both cornered me in my bedroom.” IfsMenFirstsMeanFoundSexParentTalkingListeningMarriedFirst TimePhonesGirlfriendBedroomMy GirlfriendCornered Author:Bert McCracken
“The podcast was kind of an afterthought, because I was just excited about being on the radio. Then I found that the podcast listenership is some 20 times what people are listening to on the radio.” PeopleKindFoundListeningRadioExcitedAfterthought Author:Scott Aukerman
“When I found out that I was going to be singing with Jennifer Holliday, I literally freaked out! I grew up listening to her, and I was going to cry because I sang with someone who is a huge inspiration to me.” InspirationFoundCryHugeListeningGrewGrew UpSingingJennifer Author:Jessica Sanchez
“If I found out some gal was trying to steal my guy, I'd want to give her a black eye! Instead, I wrote this song. At the time I was writing each song [on this album], you could figure out the frame of mind I was in by listening closely. With every song I've ever recorded, I'm in it. I wouldn't write about it if I wasn't in it.” IfsWantGivingWritingTryingMindEyeGuySongFoundBlackFiguresListeningAlbumsStealingFrame Of MindGalsBlack Eyes Author:Loretta Lynn
“I grew up listening to Commission, Kirk Franklin and Hezekiah Walker. If I was found listening to any rap, my pops would throw them out, or crush the CDs and tapes - literally.” IfsFoundListeningGrewGrew UpPopsRapCrushTapeCdsFranklinWalkersKirk Author:Rahki
“I'm somebody who grew up listening to a lot of musical theater, so getting to finally write musical theater songs and songs that sound that way - the emphasis being on the storytelling, but the arrangements and the orchestrations can be really varied - I found that to be, actually, a really joyful discovery.” WayWritingSongFoundSoundListeningGrewGrew UpDiscoveryTheaterMusicalStorytellingJoyfulArrangementsEmphasisMusical TheaterOrchestration Author:Sara Bareilles
“I've found that since I've been playing the acoustic, listening to a horn player has left me thinking, well, what can I do with that? But somehow piano players, I feel more of a connection to , now that I'm using the acoustic.” ThinkingFeelsWellsFoundLeftPlayerListeningConnectionsPianoHornsAcoustics Author:Bill Orcutt
“I get interviewed a lot, and I found myself listening to what the interviewer is asking me, I'm analyzing what I'm being asked more than my response.” FoundListeningAskingResponseAnalyzingInterviewers Author:Alex Haley
“When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.'” FirstsFoundHouseCausesSawsGenerationsListeningGrewGrew UpStonesPunkRollingMy GenerationRolling Stones Author:Robert Smith
“It was step by step that I earned my way into the lives and hearts of people by giving them recordings that I grew to love and as I found my listening audience also grew to love.” PeopleWayGivingHeartFoundStepsAudienceListeningGrewMy Way Author:Dionne Warwick
“At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say, or play. It was hard-core, more than anything I had ever heard. After a few listenings I realized that, on some level, I had found the master, and that following this man's example would be my life's work.” MenTryingFirstsMadeHardPlayWould BeFoundLevelsHeardExampleMastersListeningFollowingI RealizedCoreIntenseHard Core Book:Clapton: The Autobiography Source: Clapton: The Autobiography
“The difference between listening and pretending to listen, I discovered, is enormous. One is fluid, the other is rigid. One is alive, the other is stuffed. Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you. When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of dueling monologues.” ThinkingWayPersonsRealHappensFoundDifferencesInterestingAliveWillingListeningEnormousRadicalPairsWillingnessPretendingWay Of ThinkingFluidMonologuesDueling Author:Alan Alda