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Jim Hightower
: If it's dangerous to talk to yourself, it's probably even dicier to listen.
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Jim Hightower quote-If it's dangerous to talk to yourself, it's probably even dicier to listen....
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When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
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A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.
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Abigail Van Buren :
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The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
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You can judge a good listener by asking the talker at the end of the conversation what the listener's position is on the topic. If the talker doesn't know, then the listener has probably done a good job of listening.
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Jared Sparks :
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When you talk, you repeat what you already know when you listen, you often learn something.
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Buckminster Fuller :
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I find people only listen to you when they ask you to talk to them.
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Germain G Glien :
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The older I grow the more I listen to people who don't talk much.
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John Marshall :
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Listening well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
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Robert Montgomery :
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Are you really listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Jim Hightower:
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There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.
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If you do not speak up when it matters, when would it matter that you speak? The opposite of courage is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
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Jim Hightower:
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The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.
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Jim Hightower:
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The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
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Jim Hightower:
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The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
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Jim Hightower:
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Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.
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The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.
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Oh good. Now he'll be bi-ignorant. -On Texas Governor Bill Clements learning Spanish.
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Jim Hightower:
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If it's dangerous to talk to yourself, it's probably even dicier to listen.
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Jim Hightower:
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If ignorance ever goes to $40 a barrel, I want drillin' rights on that man's head. - On George W. Bush
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