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Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere. -- Paulo Coelho
To be honest dinner conversations was the worst bit about being a child and listening to the boring people around me. -- Prince Harry
Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say. -- Hoda Kotb
There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. -- James Nathan Miller
A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager. -- Bob Keeshan
When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation. -- Adelbert von Chamisso
My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger. -- Casey Affleck
Dinner 'conversation' at the Cohens' meant my sister, mom, and I relaying in brutal detail the day's events in a state of amplified hysteria, while my father listened to his own smooth jazz station in his head. -- Andy Cohen
With music, there's a conversation happening. You're hearing what's going on right now, with people's emotional states, in a communal way, and listening to that is really - it's both informative and so generous. It's like emotional news. -- Jim Drain
I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking. -- Lynda Barry
Standing as a witness in all things means all things - big things, little things, in all conversations, in jokes, in games played and books read and music listened to, in causes supported, in service rendered, in clothes worn, in friends made. -- Margaret D. Nadauld
Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It's not just about reading your lines and saying what's in the script; you have to understand your character, along with the other characters so that you can always respond. -- Cathy Moriarty
I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play. -- Evelyn Glennie
One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything. -- Herbie Hancock
I have 1.4 million followers on Twitter. I get very interesting, sometimes very diverse input from my followers. So it's sort of like this water cooler, digital water cooler, if you want to think about it, where you go and you listen to conversations that are happening that perhaps will shape your thinking. -- Padmasree Warrior
The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and things like that; I seem to be able to do that pretty well. I suppose in that respect there's some improvisation, although I work over the stuff after I've got it down on paper. -- Harvey Pekar
The Internet is a very intimate entertainment experience. I'm in my own apartment talking to people, and I want them to feel like they're with me in my apartment. So if I'm listening to them and taking ideas from them and being honest with how I'm feeling, it resonates even more that we're having a real, actual conversation. -- Grace Helbig
I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and very intellectual conversations with people, and sometimes I just sit there and listen. It's like a better version of a class. Even though I'm not sitting at a desk and in school, I'm still learning all the time. -- Hayden Panettiere
I'm greedy about cities - I like to form my impressions of them on my own, and on foot as far as possible, looking and listening, having conversations with bridges and streets and riverbanks, conversations I tend not to be aware of until a little later, when I find myself returning to those places to say hello again, even if only in memory. -- Helen Oyeyemi
When you're on set all day, and you don't look people in the eye, it's really relaxing. Normally when you talk to someone, a lot of the conversation is in the body language and in the eye contact and stuff. And if you don't do that, if you just listen to the words, it's quite relaxing, because there's just one thing to focus on. -- Ryan Cartwright
The art of conversation lies in listening -- Malcolm Forbes
The art of conversation lies in listening. -- Malcolm Forbes
Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation. -- Gwen Ifill
Overheard today in restaurant: Can you stop listening to our conversation? -- Demetri Martin
The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably. -- Hayley Atwell
Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation-and for me the most important part is listening to God's replies. -- Frank C. Laubach
Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation-and for me the most important part is listening to God's replies. -- Frank C. Laubach
Listening to your own sets and listening to the audience as you perform. It's a conversation of sorts. There is an exchange. -- Ted Alexandro
Social is about engaging, it's about a conversation, it's about listening and then responding, it's an ongoing conversation with our fan base. -- Stephanie McMahon
Challenging is good, like good conversation, yes? Who wants to have dinner with the same old easy listening music sounding friends all the time? -- Hilton Als
Real-life discussions involve a great many bores and boors who have never learned that the art of conversation demands listening as well as talking. -- Susan Jacoby
The first phase of social media was listening to the conversation. The second phase was joining the conversation. The third phase will be hosting the conversation on your site. -- Jason Calacanis

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