A Quote by Louise Gluck

I don't live with earplugs. I don't like the spotlight - but I like overhearing conversations.

Louise Gluck

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Conversations Like Live Overhearing Spotlight

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Louise Gluck
American - Poet
Born: April 22, 1943

Twitter is like overhearing people's conversations, which is exactly what dictionary editors have been wishing we could do for years.

Erin McKean

Overhearing people's conversations about art - that's always entertaining.

Cynthia Rowley

There's never a bad time to put earplugs in. They're the kind of thing you can reject as a bit lame, but somebody told me to do start wearing earplugs and it turned out to be great advice.

Ned Beauman

I do not like the human race. I don't like their heads, I don't like their faces, I don't like their feet, I don't like their conversations, I don't like their hairdos, I don't like their automobiles.

Charles Bukowski

Being preoccupied with our self-image is like being deaf and blind. It's like standing in the middle of a vast field of wildflowers with a black hood over our heads. It's like coming upon a tree of singing birds while wearing earplugs.

Pema Chodron

Carry always your earplugs with you in case of emergency, like meeting with a politician!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Always take earplugs and an eye mask. It doesn't matter where you are. Even if you're in the best hotel, if there's road works outside, then you're screwed. So I take earplugs and an eye mask with me wherever I go.

Tamsin Egerton

I'm not telling people where to give money, but if there is to be a spotlight shed on me, then I'd like to direct that spotlight onto causes I think are worthy or onto interesting, progressive figures.

Scarlett Johansson

I’m not telling people where to give money, but if there is to be a spotlight shed on me, then I’d like to direct that spotlight onto causes I think are worthy or onto interesting, progressive figures.

Scarlett Johansson

Conversations among the members of your marketplace happen whether you like it or not. Good marketing encourages the right sort of conversations.

Seth Godin

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine.

Henry David Thoreau

Introvert conversations are like jazz, where each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo. And like jazz, once we get going, we can play all night. Extrovert conversations are more like tennis matches, where thoughts are batted back and forth, and players need to be ready to respond. Introverts get winded pretty quickly.

Laurie Helgoe

I like to live. I like to dance. I like to eat. I like to work and I like my family. I like to enjoy. And.. knock on wood.. it's nice that I can live this way.

Ivana Trump

Fighters like Broner and Gervonta want all of the spotlight and when they see another fighter getting that natural spotlight, they seem to get aggravated or frustrated about it unless you are a part of their camp. I don't care what they say about us or try to bring out to the table.

Jermall Charlo

My creative is curiosity conversations...All conversations reveal some inner truth, and the information we get from a computer is different than something that becomes a biochemical event, like a real conversation.