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A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
The ear plays the role of the guide in the museum in the concert I'm taking now. We don't have an oral guide, we have to provide it ourselves. One reason why active listening is absolutely essential. -- Daniel Barenboim
One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about. -- Madeleine Albright
Listening is active. At its most basic level, it's about focus, paying attention. -- Simon Sinek
You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying. -- Lynn Davies
We would like doctors to listen, but the fact is, we better be ready to be able to talk to them. You're going to have to be an active participant in that conversation, so I'd say the American people are going to need ways of stepping up to the conversation. -- Anna Deavere Smith
The trick is: how do you talk about natural selection without implying the rigidity of law? We use it as almost an active participant, almost like a god. In fact, you could substitute the word 'god' for 'natural selection' in a lot of evolutionary writings and you'd think you were listening to a theologian. -- Greg Graffin
Listening is not merely hearing. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is active. -- Michael Shurtleff
Fourth, come home from work and take an active role with your family. Don't put work, friends, or sports ahead of listening to, playing with, and teaching your children. -- M. Russell Ballard

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