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In any system, there will be change happening without you.


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People think there's a single solution to complex problems, and the solution is often making an enemy of a group of people - pulling back and rejecting the other.

People think there's a single solution to complex problems, and the solution is often making an enemy of a group of people - pulling back and rejecting the other.



I keep coming back to the phrase "Dance with the system" - not just march onwards no matter what happens.

I keep coming back to the phrase "Dance with the system" - not just march onwards no matter what happens.



Floundering around, learning by doing but also by failing, is not only good but inevitable.

Floundering around, learning by doing but also by failing, is not only good but inevitable.



If you were disabled in Russia, you had to re-register every year, and it took up to six months to re-register, so people who lost limbs in Afghanistan had to prove that their leg hadn't grown back.

If you were disabled in Russia, you had to re-register every year, and it took up to six months to re-register, so people who lost limbs in Afghanistan had to prove that their leg hadn't grown back.



Somewhere like Russia or China, decision-makers have far fewer constraints on acting than in more open systems.

Somewhere like Russia or China, decision-makers have far fewer constraints on acting than in more open systems.



There are always pressures on decision-makers other than just what is right or what is wrong.

There are always pressures on decision-makers other than just what is right or what is wrong.



Lots of people in the open system are very determined to try and strengthen evidence-based policy.

Lots of people in the open system are very determined to try and strengthen evidence-based policy.



To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself.

To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself.



I see [activists] getting really angry that people won't just do what the evidence tells them, and that's not very helpful. You need to actually think why that is.

I see [activists] getting really angry that people won't just do what the evidence tells them, and that's not very helpful. You need to actually think why that is.



There's no point in just hankering for the big trade unions of the 1950s or '60s.

There's no point in just hankering for the big trade unions of the 1950s or '60s.





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Branding is fascinating. Creating a brand that is authentic and timeless is what entrepreneurs dream of. Dare to be different, dare to dream.



The world needs many more humanitarians than it needs warriors, but there can be none of the former without enough of the latter.

The world needs many more humanitarians than it needs warriors, but there can be none of the former without enough of the latter.



I was Christmas shopping and ran into a guy on the street. I noticed his watch and said that it runs slow. He said, "So does the guy I stole it from."

I was Christmas shopping and ran into a guy on the street. I noticed his watch and said that it runs slow. He said, "So does the guy I stole it from."



Whoever has not two-thirds of his time to himself, is a slave.

Whoever has not two-thirds of his time to himself, is a slave.



A kiss brings back the youth of a young child, as when a hug brings back the memories of a lover.

A kiss brings back the youth of a young child, as when a hug brings back the memories of a lover.



The theater is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive.

The theater is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive.



Someone — Cyril Connolly? Ezra Pound? — once said that anything that can be read twice is literature; I would say that anything that bears saying twice is quotable.

Someone — Cyril Connolly? Ezra Pound? — once said that anything that can be read twice is literature; I would say that anything that bears saying twice is quotable.



It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.

It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.



I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.

I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.



I wish that somehow, some way we could learn to live together in this country.

I wish that somehow, some way we could learn to live together in this country.




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