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If you start
a conversation with the assumption that you are right or that you must win, obviously
it is difficult to talk. ~ Wendell
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It
seemed rather incongruous that in a society of supersophisticated communication,
we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
-- Erma Bombeck
Behind
every argument is someone's ignorance.
-- Louis D. Brandeis
Listening,
not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
-- Dr. Joyce Brothers
They
may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
-- Carl W. Buechner
The
only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
-- Dale Carnegie
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,
but creatures of emotion.
-- Dale Carnegie
"There
are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We
are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look,
what we say, and how we say it."
-- Dale Carnegie
Courage
is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down
and listen.
-- Winston Churchill
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The
reality today is that we are all interdependent and have to co-exist on this small
planet. Therefore, the only sensible and intelligent way of resolving differences
and clashes of interests, whether between individuals or nations, is through dialogue.
- The Dalai Lama |

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Two
monologues do not make a dialogue.
--Jeff Daly
There
is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication....
Try the experiment of communicating, with fullness and accuracy, some experience
to another, especially if it be somewhat complicated, and you will find your own
attitude toward your experience changing.
-- John Dewey
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"The most important thing
in communication is to hear what isn't being said." -- Peter
F. Drucker |