“The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”
Fran Lebowitz book Social Studies
"People".
Social Studies (1981)
“Talking is a necessity, listening is an art.”
Reden ist uns ein Bedürfnis, Zuhören ist eine Kunst.
According to http://falschzitate.blogspot.de/2017/04/reden-ist-uns-ein-bedurfnis-zuhoren-ist.html pure invention.
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