Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening hour when we got on a high stool to reach down an untried volume, or sat with parted lips listening to a new talker, or for very lack of books began to listen to the voices within, as the first traceable beginning of our love.
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The Eagle wasn't always the Eagle. The Eagle, before he became the Eagle, was Yucatangee, the Talker. Yucatangee talked and talked. It talked so much it heard only itself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the Wolf. The Raven came and said The Wolf is hungry. If you stop talking, you'll hear him. The wind too. And when you hear the wind, you'll fly. So he stopped talking. And became its nature, the Eagle. The Eagle soared, and its flight said all it needed to say.
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A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.
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There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen
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A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
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You can judge a good listener by asking the talker at the end of the conversation what the listener's position is on the topic. If the talker doesn't know, then the listener has probably done a good job of listening.
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A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.
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Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
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It's always well to be the smartest thinker, but is won't get you very far unless you're the plainest talker.
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Great talker, great liar.
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There is only one rule to become a good talker, learn how to listen.
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