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Quote by John Erskine
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Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline. – John Erskine

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Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. – John Erskine

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Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information. – John Erskine

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I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden. – John Erskine

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Lenin could listen so intently that he exhausted the speaker. – Isaiah Berlin

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He listens well who takes notes. – Dante Alighieri

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Your ability to move others into appropriate, timely, and effective action is largely determined by the consequences of your speaking and listening. – Suzanne Mayo Frindt

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You need to become a good listener. VERY VERY important. As youre working, you hear someone elses lines and how you absorb them becomes your acting. – Jacqueline Bisset

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