#list

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

#being #choices #conversation #danger #engaging

I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#entire #entire family #example #fall #family

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others. ↗

— Josef Albers

#effort #honest #individualistic #make #others

The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone. ↗

— Damon Albarn

#enjoy #enjoyment #ensemble #everyone #front

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

#active #bottom #bottom line #by the time #get

Listeners will wonder what an Englishman is doing on the German radio tonight. You can imagine that before taking this step I hoped that someone better qualified than me would come forward. ↗

— John Amery

#better #come #doing #englishman #forward

An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt. ↗

— Fred Allen

#form #income #income tax #laundry #like

I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a preconception of what that person should say and I would put my words in his mouth. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#bad #did #everything #had #his

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#basis #civil #civil society #democracies #emerging

An interview will seem very sane to me, and I'll find out that the journalist was laughing out of the side of his mouth half of the time. ↗

— Tori Amos

#half #his #i #interview #journalist