Word: listenerers
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In conversation, Carter’s interest in anecdotes is immediately apparent. She leans in and listens intently and patiently. It isn’t a search for gossip, but for the reality of the raconteur’s life. In return, she’ll tell of her own...
Reagan had been well coached on what to expect from his Kremlin rival. Gorbachev had been forceful and unyielding at his presummit meeting in Moscow two weeks before with Secretary of State George Shultz, and Shultz had passed along to Reagan a vivid description of the Kremlin leader in action...
The listener, who had once confused the word amenities with the word accessories in a conversation with a car dealer in Manhattan, only to be scolded, "You want amenities, try Eighth Avenue!" keeps his mouth shut. "Now we're airborne," Martin is saying.
While I was mute, I became a better listener. But mainly I appreciated wonderful things that could be said. I still read the Dylan Thomas poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" every night before I go onstage. I know it by heart now. In the last lines...
“Bob Rubin is famous as a listener; Larry is famous for being an idea engine. Rubin is extremely canny at interpersonal politics; Larry is a force of nature and is focused less on the niceties of personal skills. Rubin is a market guy; Larry is an economic...