A Quote by Lisa Ling

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

Lisa Ling

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Lisa Ling
American - Journalist
Born: August 30, 1973

I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect.

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Greg Wise

You don't give Capello advice. Capello's a better talker than listener.

Sven-Goran Eriksson

I'm more of a listener than a talker.

Norman Reedus

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Jack Heffron

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Daniel Radcliffe

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

Katharine Whitehorn

Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves, and will be no better next year.

Samuel Johnson

People don't think that bread is part of Asian culture or Asian food culture, but it's quite prevalent in Northern China, and you see it throughout Japan and as you go to Taiwan.

David Chang

My mother was a listener. I'm a talker. I'm very comfortable talking.

Diane Keaton

I always have felt that elders are really important. I think it's because, in my little Southern black culture, elders really were respected. Everybody listened to them. They may not have agreed - that's a whole different story - but they would totally listen and consider what the elder had to say.

Alice Walker

For people in London, Asian flavors are always part of the culture, more than in New York.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

And the true listener is much more beloved, magnetic than the talker, and he is more effective and learns more and does more good

Brenda Ueland

I was always a talker. You just don't wake up one morning and say, I think I want to talk a little more.' Some are better at it than others.

Shannon Sharpe

I've always been asked the question of, 'Do you feel like it's getting better over the years for Asian representation in Hollywood?' and I have always said, 'Well, it's better than it has been, but we have a long way to go.'