Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.
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No attention is paid to the blame or praise that others may give. It does not seek the admiration or the appreciation of the listeners.Ã?Â
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A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.
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I am...blood. That primordial ooze. Not out there, listeners, in here. Inside this skin we wear, it only lets us think we're something else-- nice clean brains, little talking computers running around in the pursuit of happiness. We pierce this skin and what do we see Warm ooze, protoplasm churning and jesting, defecating, pulsating, life, death.
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Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears. Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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James 1:22:
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
(NIV)
But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth].
(AMP)
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
(KJV)
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Never argue with an idiot, listeners may not notice the difference.
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