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It was not that he was a conversational monopolist: he was as generous a listener as he was a friend, but he supposed that an interest in poetry, painting, music, politics (and the passing show of vanity that he satirised so well) was the stuff of life.
Though not easy to please, Ms. Cook (who has yet to meet Mr. Groban) can also be the most generous of listeners.
(Stephen Sondheim, assessing Porter's work in his book "Finishing the Hat," notes, "Porter's wit is generous to the listener as well as to his targets.... Porter believes what he says, even at his most overheated").
With this broad, remarkable set came some generous assumptions about listeners: they understand abstraction, they're all experts in pacing, and they like to be deposited gently back into normal life.
The action takes place during the final performance of "A Prairie Home Companion," a live radio broadcast that, unlike its real world counterpart, is not made possible by the generous support of listeners like you.
He calls Carlyle a generous actor, a good listener and very direct.
I always think,' he adds, 'that what makes a designer great is not really how well he did during a certain period but how long he has survived.' A large part of this success stems from the character of the man himself - he is a generous and quick-witted listener.
I believe that the best, most generous leaders are great listeners.
