"Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome."

People, Space, Voice

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"Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome."

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"Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several historians have said there has not been one acquittal since the Bolshevik Revolution."

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"Even during my youth, I can recall very few black people living on any kind of public assistance. People were working, doing some kind of job that was useful to the community."

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"The worst kind of lying I've ever done is keeping things from people."

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"Like it or not, the people of Arkansas sent me to Washington to represent them in this great body."

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"People are essentially red meat. They are."

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"I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging."

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"The revolution is like a vessel filled with the pulsating heartbeat of millions of working people."

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"I met with people who are already very angry with the tribunal."

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"Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem."

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"In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable."

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"Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others."

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"Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place."

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"We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!"

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"I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what else might appear when the lens was changed."

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"Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances."

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"The nature of the global business environment guarantees that no matter how hard we work to create a stable and healthy organisation, our organisation will continue to experience dramatic changes far beyond our control."

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"Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context."

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"Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die."

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"For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions."

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