They feel that they still have a vital story to tell about the experiment we're conducting on the planet and they're desperate for someone to listen.
His Klout score, which attempts to measure how effectively someone gets other people to listen (via retweets and other mentions) is 82 out of 100.
And it could have been avoided if, at just one point along the way, someone who cared dug in their heels and yelled until someone important agreed to listen and actually do something.
My long work nights and weekends always ended with a lonely run, a bourbon or two, or a phone call to someone I didn't really listen to.
In an activity such as riding a bicycle, we all know that it is easier to watch someone and follow their lead than to listen to or read instructions.
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He's an excellent statesman and, above all, he's someone who knows how to listen.
Even during face-to-face conversations with people I often find myself talking to someone who is pre-occupied on their Smartphone but trying to listen at the same time.
As for the conversation, sometimes your kids will listen harder to someone else.
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That's the bottom line -- someone is going to take time to listen.
"What I've appreciated is his willingness to listen thoughtfully when someone else has a different viewpoint and to craft a solution that reaches that common ground, " Smith said.
That trying to get someone to shut up on the internet just massively increases the number of people who listen to them.
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How, I wondered, could these tough, angry women listen with such deference to someone who was so much younger and seemed so different?
Many of Georgia's Western friends would be delighted if someone with an easier personality (and greater readiness to listen to advice) were in charge.
When you have a problem with your credit card issuer, it is hard to find someone who can help, or sometimes, even listen.
So when someone comes along with a claim to offset that load, well, we're going to listen.
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Then listen to the extraordinary chromatic lines in the strings and winds, sounding like someone trying to work his way through quicksand (audio).
For every creative genius, there's someone lurking in the shadows who's not seeking the limelight, who is there to help and listen to all their craziness.
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