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“Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it's very hard to teach racism to a teenager who's listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It's hard to say, 'That guy is less than you.' The kid is like, 'I like that guy, he's cool. How is he less than me?”

Wells Hard Home Kids Guy Teach Taught Listening Racism Agree Rap Teenager That Guy Rap Music

Author:Jay-Z

“I try to influence this improvisation in two ways. One is by centering on reflections, in both senses of the word: acoustic reflections as well as visual reflections from a mirror or surface, and then reflecting on the material in a contemplative way. The other influence is listening to the tails of the sounds that you make.”

Way Trying Wells Two Sound Influence Materials Listening Reflection Mirrors Surface Senses Visuals Tails Reflecting Two Ways Improvisation Acoustics Contemplative Centering

Author:Pauline Oliveros

“There are these sounds that come from outside that work really well if you're listening. If you're not listening, if you're blocking them out, then you don't get it. You don't get the merger of what the players are doing with everything, listening to everything.”

Ifs Wells Sound Player Listening Block Mergers

Author:Pauline Oliveros

“If I'm improvising and I'm not doing well it's because I'm not listening very well. Either I'm overly concerned with something or I'm drifting or maybe I'm too stoned but I'm not getting a clear signal.”

Ifs Wells Clear Listening Concerned Signals Drifting Improvising

Author:Reggie Watts

“You have to begin by posing questions to your unconscious mind, and then listening very carefully for the answers. If you pose the right kinds of questions, and listen well, you can begin to tap into the power of your unconscious mind.”

Ifs Mind Wells Kind Answers Listening Unconscious Unconscious Mind Posing

Author:Nick Morgan

“Personally, I think that my father's ministry does have some effect on one. I perhaps thought I wasn't listening that well, but I could almost recite his sermons. He had the old-fashioned preaching style of chanting. He would explain a point and then there would be this pitch to excite the audience because people would eventually shout and respond to what he was saying.”

People Thinking Wells Doe Would Be Father Audience Effects Style Listening Ministry Preaching Old Fashioned Sermons Chanting

Author:David C. Driskell

“Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.”

Source: Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments

“What I like doing best is Nothing." "How do you do Nothing," asked Pooh after he had wondered for a long time. "Well, it's when people call out at you just as you're going off to do it, 'What are you going to do, Christopher Robin?' and you say, 'Oh, Nothing,' and then you go and do it. It means just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering." "Oh!" said Pooh.”

People Wells Mean Long Said Listening Long Time Bother Robins

Author:A. A. Milne

“I can easily believe it. Women of that class have great opportunities, and if they are intelligent may be well worth listening to. Such varieites of human nature as they are in the habit of witnessing! And it is not merely in its follies, that they are read; for they see it occasionally under every circumstance that can be most interesting or affecting. What instances must pass before them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of heroism, fortitude, patience, resignation-- of all the sacrifices that ennoble us most. A sick chamber may often furnish the worth of volumes.”

“Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.”

Wells Listening Conversation Perfection

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Why were you lurking under our window?" "Yes - yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?" "Listening to the news," said Harry in a resigned voice. His aunt and uncle exchanged looks of outrage. "Listening to the news! Again?" "Well, it changes every day, you see," said Harry.”

Wells Looks Said Voice Boys Listening News Window Harry Potter Uncles Aunt Potters Outrage Lurking Resigned Aunts And Uncles Funny Harry Potter Petunias

Book:Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“Stomp stomp. Whirr. Pleased to be of service. Shut up. Thank you. Stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp. Whirr. Thank you for making a simple door very happy. Hope your diodes rot. Thank you. Have a nice day. Stomp stomp stomp stomp. Whirr. It is my pleasure to open for you... Zark off. ...and my satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done. I said zark off. Thank you for listening to this message.”

Wells Said Done Jobs Simple Pleasure Nice Doors Listening Messages Satisfaction Shut Up Very Happy Well Done Nice Day Job Well Done Have A Nice Day

Book:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts

“People are more open about seeking help these days. They recognise the fact that the alternative to having a shrink is that you bore your friends stupid. So I figured that I might as well give someone 100 bucks an hour to hear my woes. At least someone can make a living out of listening to my tedious problems.”

People Giving Wells Facts Helping Problem Might Hours Stupid Listening Seeking Alternatives These Days Bores Woe Shrinks Bucks Recognise Tedious Seeking Help

Author:Hugh Laurie