#listen

I was listening to the first record the other day, and it sounds remarkably contemporary. ↗

— Chris Bailey

#day #first #i #listening #other

For most of my life I've been a listener. At least in the beginning, I think the reason I listened so intently was to have a chance of hearing the train before it ran over me. ↗

— Steve Rasnic Tem

#foreshadowing #listening #worry #life

I don't listen to much modern composition. ↗

— Colin Greenwood

#i #listen #modern #much

And Edward was surprised to discover that he was listening. Before, when Abilene had talked to him, everything had seemed so boring, so pointless. But now, the stories Nellie told struck him as the most important thing in the world and he listened as if his life depended on what she said." (page 69) ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#life

They praised his modesty and did not listen to him, for listening is a rare gift, and men will have their heroes. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#men

If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#worry

Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

#listen #often #people #saying

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole. ↗

— Eudora Welty

#eudora-welty #listening #storytelling #writing #storytelling

I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way. ↗

— Bjork

#embarrassed #get #got #i #last

I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in New York on the radio. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#duke ellington #ellington #fell #hearing #i