If you were disabled in Russia, you had to re-register every year, and it took up to six … - Duncan Green

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I love you like a river that understands that it must learn to flow differently over waterfalls and to rest in the shallows. I love you because we are all born in the same place, at the same source, which keeps us provided with a constant supply of water.

Duncan Green

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.

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What you don't do is just say, "I've got all the ideas and all the knowledge, and listen to me. "

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Activists can get very preachy about things. It's more about understanding people's own experiences and tapping into them.

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The question, "When did you last listen to a poor person properly and try to understand what's going on inside their own experience?" enables you to connect.

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Often we're having an argument with something imaginary - a fixed idea of the "enemy" and the good. We need to get beyond that and actually develop a deep curiosity about people and systems and understand them better.

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We should look at how "the enemy" - people that you wouldn't necessarily agree with - have done change and see whether there's bits in there that we could learn from.

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