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Jiang argues that Talese's mother handled demanding wealthy clients by becoming their friend, which required listening rather than talking.
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Listening
A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...
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A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...
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Jiang defines exploration as curiosity toward people, shown by Talese's mother treating each client first and foremost as a friend and listening for hours.
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"...with these very wealthy people. And she would talk just by listening. Okay? So her strategy for this is that... I am interested in..."
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"And so you can say that this is exploration. Curiosity. Okay? Exploration. But in the other room, the father would by himself sit and..."
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"...kill him so i moved through the bitter filthy air while listening to my guide who kept repeating not cut off from me but..."
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"...those two were in the lead i walked alone behind them listening to their colloquy which taught me much concerning poetry but their delightful..."
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"...not all people believe it in the same way he is listening to the predictions that they make in company with banquo and um..."
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"...how I started to understand the picture more through debates, through listening to someone else's perspective as well."
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"...road we journeyed step by step without a word watching and listening to those six souls who had not strength enough to lift themselves..."
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"...have you lick the mirror of narcissus. I was intent on listening to them when this was what my master said. If you insist..."
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"...have you like the mirror of narcissists. I was intent on listening to them when this was what my master said. If you insist..."
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"...wiser than you were, so I think that just Dante, by listening to his ancestors reassure him, like, he felt that, yeah, I'm reassured..."
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"...another room. And Judith is going to be in another room listening in on her husband having sex."
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"...having sex with another woman and Judith is in a room listening in. Okay? But instead of just like listening in screaming, she decides..."
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A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...
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The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...
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