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We invented ways of recording, first writing, then audio recording and now video recording as well. The premium on accurate and careful listening has simply disappeared.
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The art of conversation is being replaced, dangerously, I think, by personal broadcasting.
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We're becoming desensitized. Our media have to scream at us with these kinds of headlines in order to get our attention.
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I believe that every human being needs to listen consciously in order to live fully.
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Negativity. My mother, in the last years of her life, became very negative, and it's hard to listen. I remember one day, I said to her, It's October the first today, and she said, I know, isn't it dreadful?
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Complaining. Well, this is the national art of the UK. It's our national sport. We complain about the weather, about sport, about politics, about everything, but actually, complaining is viral misery. It's not spreading sunshine and lightness in the world.
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Excuses. Some people have a blamethrower. They just pass it on to everybody else and don't take responsibility for their actions, and again, hard to listen to somebody who is being like that.
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Authenticity, just being yourself. A friend of mine described it as standing in your own truth, which I think is a lovely way to put it.
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If you're really wishing somebody well, it's very hard to judge them at the same time. I'm not even sure you can do those two things simultaneously.
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Absolute honesty may not be what we want. I mean, my goodness, you look ugly this morning. Perhaps that's not necessary.
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