A Quote by Ayanna Pressley

Listening is something as elected officials, as leaders, we forget to do.

Ayanna Pressley

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Ayanna Pressley
American - Politician
Born: February 3, 1974

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Russell Simmons

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Gary Herbert

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Ayanna Pressley

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Jim Hunt

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Alan Grayson

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Chris Smith

I think whenever Ahmadinejad opens his mouth in forums, especially in front of the U.N. General Assembly, those that are listening, especially Western officials, European, American, even Chinese and Russian officials, I think, after listening to Ahmadinejad, they have even less confidence that there exists a mature political leadership in Iran which is amenable to some type of a diplomatic compromise.

Karim Sadjadpour

Leaders can get stuck in groupthink because they're really not listening, or they're listening only to what they want to listen to, or they actually think they're so right that they're not interested in listening. And that leads to a lot of suboptimal solutions in the world.

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