You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against. (Hayden Fry)

You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against.

Hayden Fry

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