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“One thing is clear, the president of North Vietnam is not a fanatic. He is a very strong and determined man, but capable of listening, something that is very rare in a person of his position.”

Men Persons Strong President Clear One Thing Position Listening Capable Determined Vietnam Very Strong Fanatics

Author:Martin Niemoller

“A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word 'BUT' which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative - before they tell you. Thus: 'I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but...(a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).”

“Dark the Night, with breath all flowers, And tender broken voice that fills With ravishment the listening hours,-- Whisperings, wooings, Liquid ripples, and soft ring-dove cooings In low-toned rhythm that love's aching stills! Dark the night Yet is she bright, For in her dark she brings the mystic star, Trembling yet strong, as is the voice of love, From some unknown afar.”

Source: The Complete Works of George Eliot in Eighteen Volumes: Poems

“I was strong and tough enough and charming. / How else is a fat Jew lesbian poet gonna get by? / Listening to the radio, staying home, staying alone, like / they mean us to. / Who means you to be left out? / Who don't?”

Mean Enough Home Left Strong Poet Listening Tough Radio Jew Fats Staying Bigotry Outsiders Charming Left Out

Author:Elana Dykewomon

“As women's leadership qualities come to play a more dominant role in the public sphere, their particular aptitudes for long-term negotiating, analytic listening, and creating an ambiance in which people work with zest and spirit will help reconcile the split between the ideals of being efficient and being humane. This integration of female values is already producing a more collaborative kind of leadership, and changing the very ideal of what strong leadership actually is.”

Source: The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership

“For me, listening to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky in particular, there's an emotional aspect - very different kinds of emotional aspects from those two composers, nonetheless, very strong emotional aspects from both of those composers.”

Kind Two Different Strong Emotional Particular Listening Aspect Composer Very Strong Different Kinds Tchaikovsky Strong Emotional

Author:Crispin Glover

“The first time I started listening to Irish music, I had a very strong connection. Strangely enough, there's a great many Japanese melodies and vocal styles that sound very much like Hungarian music. You start seeing all these cross-references and comparative, independent musical cultures.”

Firsts Enough Culture Strong Sound Seeing Style Listening First Time Crosses Connections Independent Musical Great Men Melody Very Strong Vocal Hungarians Strong Connection Irish Music

Author:Tom Waits

“The really strong key thing always comes direct to your heart. Even if it's a visual thing it doesn't come to your eyes! Even if it is a listening thing it doesn't come to your ears, it goes directly to your spirit!”

Ifs Heart Eye Spirit Strong Keys Listening Direct Ears Visuals Key Things

Author:Hiromi

“All of us need better skills in listening, conversing, respecting one another's uniqueness, because these are essential for strong relationships.”

Needs Strong Listening Skills Essentials Uniqueness Strong Relationship

Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“What I enjoy most with acting is when it's a good scene with one or two other actors, and you feel a strong connection and you don't know how you're going to respond, and everybody is listening to each other and getting affected by each other, and even though you've rehearsed it many times, it feels like it's happening right now.”

Knows Feels Two Actors Strong Enjoy Acting Know How Listening Right Now Scene Happenings Connections Affected Strong Connection

Author:Joel Kinnaman

“My mother's side of the family is Methodist, which is how I was raised. It was conservative in that I had strong values - sitting down and eating with the family every day, listening to authority and going to church every week and having perfect attendance at Sunday school.”

“We know that African American students tend to be relational learners. It's about the relationships between a teacher and student. Students respond well to teachers they know, believe in them, care about them, but also who teach in a matter that elicits a more active approach to learning, rather than just sitting and listening. The research on this is strong and has been available for a long time, but it is not widely practiced. That's a huge obstacle.”

“When you're listening to a recording, you're supposedly listening to some aspect of the past in the present as you travel slowly into the future, but you also know there's a very strong likelihood that the future of that recording, whether you made it or whether you're listening to a Led Zeppelin record, is going to continue probably far beyond where you are.”

Knows Made Past Strong Records Listening Aspect Made It Where You Are Very Strong Likelihood Zeppelins

Author:Will Oldham

“The pulse of a strong relationship involves a rhythmic movement between giving and taking, talking and listening, valuing the other person and feeling commensurately valued in return.”

Giving Persons Feelings Strong Talking Wise Movement Listening Return Pulse Strong Relationship Talking And Listening

Book:The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

Source: The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

“I was raised by my grandmother. She had a very difficult time, raised all her kids, my father and everybody. Listening to those stories and finding her so strong, poised. Anybody who came close to her was made to feel blessed. And at the same time, it didn't matter how strong a person was, in front of her, their head would go down. She carried through her life raising everybody. That is my model.”

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Author:Rajashree Choudhury

“That bothers me when I see that fashion editors are consultants for brands. It tells me that the designer has lost sight of what he or she really wants to do, and that he or she is listening to the strength of a very strong stylist and being a little watered down - and by watered down, I mean, the strength of the designer's vision. I'm not saying it's easy.”

Mean Strong Easy Vision Fashion Listening Bother Designer Very Strong

Author:Polly Allen Mellen