
'She doesn't know that listening is not the same as mentally rehearsing her answers.'
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'She doesn't know that listening is not the same as mentally rehearsing her answers.'
"And do you, Brian, pledge to listen attentively and offer no analysis or solutions of any kind, unless explicitly asked to do so?"
Audio Books
"I need him to stop think and start listening."
Hey, it's true, you really can hear the sea in these shells!
"If you hold a shell to your ear you can hear the ocean..."
'It's true what they say, you really can hear the sea in these things!'
Try me/try me/try me...
I can hear a podcast of yesterday's sea.
Mozart's very good, but can't beat Rossini for sandbox activities.
"I suppose we should start with listening skills!"
Clive Anderson
'There you go again - trying to solve my problems. I am not asking you to do that. I just want you to listen to me.'
"Go ahead. Tell me your troubles. I promise to say 'Awww' in all the right places."
Attention Span Man
Psychiatrist with bartending diploma
Cover story: Plant World.
'Music hath charms,' &c.
"I feel like my emotional baggage is permanently stuck on the luggage carousel."
"Sounds of the ocean upgrade...it's sounds of the antarctic icebergs cracking."
"If you think I talk too much, you should come right out say so! That way we can talk about it."
"Doctor, I find you very easy to talk to."
Science Applied to Art
"I'll knock 10% off this session as I wasn't really listening."
It's so quiet. Listen to the sounds of nature! Pound pound thump. Pound thunk. Human nature.
'I wonder if TED ever listens.'
Here's your problem. You have an iPod.
'Noise? When you've been married as long as I have, it goes in one ear and out the other.'
"Sorry, I was driving under the influence of a bull market radio report."
Things can only get worse...
Pallbearers sitting around radio: 'This just in! Tributes are pouring in for the legendary tenor Pavarotti, who passed away earlier today....'
Harold finally decided to take his psychiatrist's advice to become more receptive.
Today, this humble feature attempts to answer one of the great quandaries of modern times. Is it Louie Louie, oh baby, my hair gotta grow? Wrong! What are the lyrics to the Kingsman's Louie Louie?* *Must be gleaned by listening. No peeking on the internet!
"How did I get to be the only one that listens?"
"You'll have to be X-rayed, Mr. Jensen. I seem to be picking up Rush Limbaugh."
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