To understand what is best going to influence our targets we first have to listen to them.

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First we listen, then we are lured, finally we are seduced.

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One of the first things that we wanted to do was to first listen and learn.

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And first we'll listen to Tom Sullivan.

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But the first thing we want to do is to listen, listen to the community, listen to everybody.

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Why did we listen to environmental activists and become the first nation in human history to burn up its food supply to power automobiles?

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So what we decided to do, since 100 percent of Republicans in the Senate voted against this plan the first time, is we're going to give them another chance to listen to you.

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And I'm here with my fellow nurses from SEIU. First of all, thank you for listening to us, because as nurses we do listen to our patients all the time.

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" We'll hear Etta James recording of "At Last" later, but first let's listen to Beyonce Knowles' version recorded for the new film "Cadillac Records.

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Now, with these teachers -- listen, with these teachers, we will actually be able to reduce class size in the first, second and third grades to an average of 18 students a class all across America.

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President GEORGE W. BUSH: Listen, the first thing that has to happen diplomatically for anything to be effective is that we all agree on the goal.

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