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" We vote for politicians with lower voices, it's true, because we associate depth with power and with authority. "

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" I think absolute honesty may not be what we want. I mean, 'My goodness, you look ugly this morning.' Perhaps that's not necessary. "

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" All of our physical rhythms are being affected by sound outside us all the time. "

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" Retailers don't think about why they have music. There are a number of issues. It can be very powerful in the right place, where it is played appropriately. "

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" Ears are made not for hearing but for listening. Listening is an active skill, whereas hearing is passive. Listening is something that we have to work at - it's a relationship with sound. And yet, it's a skill that none of us are taught. "

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" If you put music on top of noise, it's like putting icing on top of mud; it might look like a cake, but it doesn't taste like one. "

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" Without our natural soundscape, we are making ourselves tired, stressed, and frightened all at the same time. "

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" You or I never buy an Intel product explicitly, and yet their sonic logo is far better known and more powerful than its visual equivalent. It's probably worth hundreds of millions of dollars. "

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" It is a mistake to assume that everyone listens like you do: your listening is as unique as your fingerprints, and so is everyone else's. "

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" We spend all our time teaching reading and writing. We spend absolutely no time at all, in most schools, teaching either speaking or, more importantly still, listening. "

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" Noise is the number one problem in modern offices. A big part of addressing this issue is making sure unwanted sound from adjacent spaces doesn't intrude or interfere. "

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" Every individual's listening is as unique as his or her fingerprints because we all listen through filters that develop from our personal mix of culture, language, values, beliefs, attitudes, expectations and intentions. That is why one person's musical taste is another person's hideous noise. "

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