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Why I Like Quotes. So Much

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The Irish writer Josephine Hart (1942 – 2011), who was fiercely passionate about poetry and about bringing it to a wider audience, said of the literary medium she loved:

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Favourite Quotes//Seven

Albert Schweitzer quote

‘Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being’

Albert Schweitzer 1875 – 1965

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♥ RIP Steve Jobs



I am a huge fan of Apple products and I was very sad to hear of Steve Jobs untimely death.  I saw this Jobs quote, from a speech he made at Stanford University in 2005, on a large number of websites this morning.

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“I like to listen.  I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.  Most people never listen.”

Ernest Hemingway  1899 – 1961.

I like this quote because it reminds me that I although I hear a lot, I am not always listening. I need to be more attentive.  I think listening skills are sadly vastly underrated.

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