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title: "8 Going Listening Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [I don't like going back and listening to myself. It makes me uncomfortable, and I know I can never emulate what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-bernhard/i-don-t-like-going-back-and-listening-to-myself-it-makes-me/)

[Sandra Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-bernhard/)

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> [I've gotten a little superstitious about listening to music when I write. Once a story is going somewhere, I keep listening to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-link/i-ve-gotten-a-little-superstitious-about-listening-to-music-when-i/)

[Kelly Link](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-link/)

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> [I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-leslie/i-ve-grown-so-much-since-1996-i-think-that-was-the-turning-point-of/)

[Lisa Leslie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-leslie/)

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> [You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/you-hope-people-are-going-to-be-listening-to-you-after-you-re-gone/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

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> [Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-underestimate-the-value-of-doing-nothing-of-just-going-along/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [You probably can overcome what you're going through from listening to my music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/youngboy-never-broke-again/you-probably-can-overcome-what-you-re-going-through-from-listening-to/)

[YoungBoy Never Broke Again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/youngboy-never-broke-again/)

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> [Whoa, Dimitri," I said, tossing my bag on the floor. "I realize this is actually a current hit in Eastern Europe right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/whoa-dimitri-i-said-tossing-my-bag-on-the-floor-i-realize-this-is/)

[Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/)

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> [I just love going out and listening to people. People can teach us a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-blackthorne/i-just-love-going-out-and-listening-to-people-people-can-teach-us-a/)

[Paul Blackthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-blackthorne/)

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