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When We Want To Talk, We Can Instead Listen, And Let Our Attentiveness To Another's Need To Speak Be Our Silent Statement.

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Bryant H. McGill

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When We Want To Talk, We Can Instead Listen, And Let Our Attentiveness To Another's Need To Speak Be Our Silent Statement.

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