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... is to hear something with thoughtful attention.</h2>
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Ponderables:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I like to listen. I have learned a great deal
from listening carefully. Most people never listen.<br>
<span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;">Ernest
Hemingway Novelist, Nobel Prize Winner (1899-1961</span></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest
form of flattery.<br>
<span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;">Dr.
Joyce [Diane Bauer] Brothers Psychologist, Author (born 1929</span></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">The most basic and powerful way to connect to
another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important
thing we ever give each other is our attention...A loving silence often
has far more power to heal and to connect than the most
well-intentioned words.<br>
<span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;">Rachel
Naomi Remen</span></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">The most important thing in communication is to
hear what isn't being said. <br>
<span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;">Peter
F. Drucker Professor, Writer, Management Consultant (1909-2005</span></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to
another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are
spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the
other.<br>
<span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;">Jessamyn
West Author (1902-1984</span></blockquote>
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