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Forcing one to listen turns a conversation into a monologue of self-aggrandizement. – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 3 months ago
War is the tragic echo of humanity's inability to listen before raising swords. – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 4 months ago
Just because we're the same nationality doesn't mean I like you, just because we're the same race doesn't mean I like you, just because we're on the same team doesn't mean I like you, just because we're co-workers doesn't mean i like you, just because your an authority figure doesn't mean i like you, just because we listen to the same music and watch the same movies doesn't mean I like you, just because we share some similar interests doesn't mean I like you, you need to understand this and be cautious of me. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 6 months ago
from ODE to a NIGHTENGALE: Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, – John Keats	added by Steppenwolf 9 months ago
Don't vote based on what others are doing. Go with your gut and the knowledge you've gleaned from doing your research. Do listen to what others have to say––it is important to gauge what others feel and think but you must still reach an opinion based on what you know, think and feel is the right choice. – Oscar Auliq-Ice	added by Auliq-Ice 10 months ago
Eyal Press writes in The New Yorker. Audm subscribers can listen to that article.)In the rest of today’s newsletter, we look more closely at the 10 states.Furthest alongInitiatives seem most likely to happen soon in two states.In Ohio, a coalition of abortion rights groups is collecting signatures to place an initiative on the ballot this year that would protect access through roughly the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. For now, most abortions remain legal in Ohio, thanks to a court ruling blocking a ban.In South Dakota, organizers are optimistic that they can collect the signatures needed for an initiative next year. It is a compromise measure that would seek to reinstate the minimum access required by the Roe v. Wade decision. All abortions would be legal in the first trimester (roughly 12 weeks), and some would be in the second trimester.Early effortsIn several other states, efforts have begun, but they’re less advanced.In Missouri, advocates have not yet settled on one approach. Some petitions — an early step to putting an initiative on the ballot — would protect most abortion access until 24 weeks of pregnancy. Others would be narrower and let the state enact parental consent laws.In Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a near-total ban, advocates are hoping to place an initiative on the ballot that would allow most abortions until 24 weeks. But the state’s pro-marijuana movement helps highlight the slowness of the effort: Organizers of a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana have already raised $30 million and collected nearly all the required signatures — while organizers of an abortion initiative are just getting started.Arizona has tough rules for ballot initiatives, requiring hundreds of thousands of signatures on a petition. – Planned Parenthood	Found on New York Times 11 months ago
We see we hear we taste we touch We see the world we wish to live, We hear the sound we wish to listen to, We taste the bittersweet that life has given us, We touch the hearts we wish to love, These are the senses we have been given, we can choose how we want to use them. – MGMBESALIE	added by MGMBesalie 12 months ago
This visit is about reaffirming all that unites our two nations. It’s about a commitment to bear one another’s concerns and listen to each other’s dreams. It allows us to overcome every difficulty with great determination. That allows us to move further and faster in space, cyber, technology and all areas that matter most to our future. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 12 months ago
It can take days to weeks to months to process tragedy, reach out for support, listen to each other’s feelings, and set boundaries around how much you’re taking in of current crises. – Shairi Turner	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It was a horrible sound to listen to someone, just literally watching somebody die in front of you, you feel so helpless. – Barb Fletcher	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Just listen to us, there is absolutely no reason you should have assault rifles available to citizens in the public. It serves absolutely no purpose and it brings death and destruction on children. – Kevin Foster	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think it is important to listen to patients when they raise concerns and for expecting mothers to be aware of the signs and symptoms of pregnancy or childbirth complications. There are actually lots of signs that doctors should be talking about and that patients should be aware of, what I feel is, sometimes there’s a gap between a patient complaining and the doctor listening. There is so much data showing that patients, especially African American Black patients, are not always listened to. – Sarosh Rana	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He clearly needed someone to listen and I was a safe space, i’ve had incredibly intimate and vulnerable conversations with people. There’s something special that happens when people know they’re never going to see you again. – Courtesy Loni James	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We went to London Hollie friend’s house for a barbecue. They were playing so much country music, which I never would have expected to like, but it really got under my skin, and it gave me such warm, fuzzy feelings, and I listen to it to this day. – Hollie Savitt	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When you go to seek redress and your government doesn’t listen to you, where do you turn? These people were seeking redress from the next best thing, which would be us. – Barbara Ehardt	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Constitutionally, people should have the opportunity to seek redress from their government, when you go to seek redress and your government doesn’t listen to you, where do you turn? These people were seeking redress from the next best thing, which would be us. – Barbara Ehardt	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I need my phone for an alarm in the morning, and it helps me go to sleep at night, get up and get your iPod and listen to some music and get a regular alarm clock. – Cora Collette Breuner	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I can’t predict it’ll be in the next couple of weeks, or the next couple of months, but if you listen, you will hear a mounting consensus and a demand from the American public that we need to act in a bipartisan way. – Richard Blumenthal	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If they aren't living the life you want don't listen. – Branden Condy	added by BrandenCondy 1 year ago
The easiest and fastest route to WIN BIG in life requires getting around winners. Watch what they do and do it. Listen to what they say and say it. Follow the patterns. – Josh King Madrid	added by JoshKingMadrid 1 year ago
Early on, we realized that we were building things in Afghanistan that the Afghans didn’t need, didn’t want, didn’t even know they were getting and couldn’t sustain, we have to make certain we go into Ukraine and listen to the Ukrainians on what they need, what they want, what they can sustain. – John Sopko	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It was really … hard to even listen to these stories, it hurts. – Yaryna Arieva	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I was in the minority party for 14 years here, i learned two things. One, you really need to listen and understand why people believe what they believe, where they are coming from. And when you do that, sometimes you’ll find common ground. – Jennifer McClellan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I learned two things. One, you really need to listen and understand why people believe what they believe, where they are coming from. And when you do that, sometimes you’ll find common ground. – Jennifer McClellan	Found on CNN 1 year ago

Forcing one to listen turns a conversation into a monologue of self-aggrandizement.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
3 months ago

War is the tragic echo of humanity's inability to listen before raising swords.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
4 months ago

Just because we're the same nationality doesn't mean I like you, just because we're the same race doesn't mean I like you, just because we're on the same team doesn't mean I like you, just because we're co-workers doesn't mean i like you, just because your an authority figure doesn't mean i like you, just because we listen to the same music and watch the same movies doesn't mean I like you, just because we share some similar interests doesn't mean I like you, you need to understand this and be cautious of me.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
6 months ago

from ODE to a NIGHTENGALE: Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain,

– John Keats

added by Steppenwolf
9 months ago

Don't vote based on what others are doing. Go with your gut and the knowledge you've gleaned from doing your research. Do listen to what others have to say––it is important to gauge what others feel and think but you must still reach an opinion based on what you know, think and feel is the right choice.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
10 months ago

Eyal Press writes in The New Yorker. Audm subscribers can listen to that article.)In the rest of today’s newsletter, we look more closely at the 10 states.Furthest alongInitiatives seem most likely to happen soon in two states.In Ohio, a coalition of abortion rights groups is collecting signatures to place an initiative on the ballot this year that would protect access through roughly the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. For now, most abortions remain legal in Ohio, thanks to a court ruling blocking a ban.In South Dakota, organizers are optimistic that they can collect the signatures needed for an initiative next year. It is a compromise measure that would seek to reinstate the minimum access required by the Roe v. Wade decision. All abortions would be legal in the first trimester (roughly 12 weeks), and some would be in the second trimester.Early effortsIn several other states, efforts have begun, but they’re less advanced.In Missouri, advocates have not yet settled on one approach. Some petitions — an early step to putting an initiative on the ballot — would protect most abortion access until 24 weeks of pregnancy. Others would be narrower and let the state enact parental consent laws.In Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a near-total ban, advocates are hoping to place an initiative on the ballot that would allow most abortions until 24 weeks. But the state’s pro-marijuana movement helps highlight the slowness of the effort: Organizers of a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana have already raised $30 million and collected nearly all the required signatures — while organizers of an abortion initiative are just getting started.Arizona has tough rules for ballot initiatives, requiring hundreds of thousands of signatures on a petition.

– Planned Parenthood

Found on New York Times
11 months ago

We see we hear we taste we touch We see the world we wish to live, We hear the sound we wish to listen to, We taste the bittersweet that life has given us, We touch the hearts we wish to love, These are the senses we have been given, we can choose how we want to use them.

– MGMBESALIE

added by MGMBesalie
12 months ago

This visit is about reaffirming all that unites our two nations. It’s about a commitment to bear one another’s concerns and listen to each other’s dreams. It allows us to overcome every difficulty with great determination. That allows us to move further and faster in space, cyber, technology and all areas that matter most to our future.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
12 months ago

It can take days to weeks to months to process tragedy, reach out for support, listen to each other’s feelings, and set boundaries around how much you’re taking in of current crises.

– Shairi Turner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was a horrible sound to listen to someone, just literally watching somebody die in front of you, you feel so helpless.

– Barb Fletcher

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Just listen to us, there is absolutely no reason you should have assault rifles available to citizens in the public. It serves absolutely no purpose and it brings death and destruction on children.

– Kevin Foster

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think it is important to listen to patients when they raise concerns and for expecting mothers to be aware of the signs and symptoms of pregnancy or childbirth complications. There are actually lots of signs that doctors should be talking about and that patients should be aware of, what I feel is, sometimes there’s a gap between a patient complaining and the doctor listening. There is so much data showing that patients, especially African American Black patients, are not always listened to.

– Sarosh Rana

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He clearly needed someone to listen and I was a safe space, i’ve had incredibly intimate and vulnerable conversations with people. There’s something special that happens when people know they’re never going to see you again.

– Courtesy Loni James

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We went to London Hollie friend’s house for a barbecue. They were playing so much country music, which I never would have expected to like, but it really got under my skin, and it gave me such warm, fuzzy feelings, and I listen to it to this day.

– Hollie Savitt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When you go to seek redress and your government doesn’t listen to you, where do you turn? These people were seeking redress from the next best thing, which would be us.

– Barbara Ehardt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Constitutionally, people should have the opportunity to seek redress from their government, when you go to seek redress and your government doesn’t listen to you, where do you turn? These people were seeking redress from the next best thing, which would be us.

– Barbara Ehardt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I need my phone for an alarm in the morning, and it helps me go to sleep at night, get up and get your iPod and listen to some music and get a regular alarm clock.

– Cora Collette Breuner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I can’t predict it’ll be in the next couple of weeks, or the next couple of months, but if you listen, you will hear a mounting consensus and a demand from the American public that we need to act in a bipartisan way.

– Richard Blumenthal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If they aren't living the life you want don't listen.

– Branden Condy

added by BrandenCondy
1 year ago

The easiest and fastest route to WIN BIG in life requires getting around winners. Watch what they do and do it. Listen to what they say and say it. Follow the patterns.

– Josh King Madrid

added by JoshKingMadrid
1 year ago

Early on, we realized that we were building things in Afghanistan that the Afghans didn’t need, didn’t want, didn’t even know they were getting and couldn’t sustain, we have to make certain we go into Ukraine and listen to the Ukrainians on what they need, what they want, what they can sustain.

– John Sopko

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was really … hard to even listen to these stories, it hurts.

– Yaryna Arieva

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was in the minority party for 14 years here, i learned two things. One, you really need to listen and understand why people believe what they believe, where they are coming from. And when you do that, sometimes you’ll find common ground.

– Jennifer McClellan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I learned two things. One, you really need to listen and understand why people believe what they believe, where they are coming from. And when you do that, sometimes you’ll find common ground.

– Jennifer McClellan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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