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> [Floundering around, learning by doing but also by failing, is not only good but inevitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/floundering-around-learning-by-doing-but-also-by-failing-is-not-only/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

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## More by Duncan Green

> [We should look at how "the enemy" - people that you wouldn't necessarily agree with - have done change and see whether there's bits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/we-should-look-at-how-the-enemy-people-that-you-wouldn-t-necessarily/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/some-kinds-of-activists-are-more-willing-to-try-stuff-out-see-if/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [There's a diversion between economic reality - integration, global village, everybody depending on everybody else - and cultural reality, which is people feeling invaded,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/there-s-a-diversion-between-economic-reality-integration-global/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [Often we're having an argument with something imaginary - a fixed idea of the "enemy" and the good. We need to get beyond that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/often-we-re-having-an-argument-with-something-imaginary-a-fixed-idea/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [The magic formula is there is no magic formula.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/the-magic-formula-is-there-is-no-magic-formula/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/to-be-effective-at-selling-ideas-at-being-a-lobbyist-influencing/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [I sound like a church nut, but look at the role of the churches in the civil rights movement in the States. People are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/i-sound-like-a-church-nut-but-look-at-the-role-of-the-churches-in-the/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [In any system, there will be change happening without you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/in-any-system-there-will-be-change-happening-without-you/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [Lots of people in the open system are very determined to try and strengthen evidence-based policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/lots-of-people-in-the-open-system-are-very-determined-to-try-and/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [If you were disabled in Russia, you had to re-register every year, and it took up to six months to re-register, so people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/if-you-were-disabled-in-russia-you-had-to-re-register-every-year-and/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [What you don't do is just say, "I've got all the ideas and all the knowledge, and listen to me."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/what-you-don-t-do-is-just-say-i-ve-got-all-the-ideas-and-all-the/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [Economists who studied in the '80s tend to have a pretty crude neoclassical view that's just about freeing up prices and markets, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/economists-who-studied-in-the-80s-tend-to-have-a-pretty-crude/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [Somewhere like Russia or China, decision-makers have far fewer constraints on acting than in more open systems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/somewhere-like-russia-or-china-decision-makers-have-far-fewer/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [Until you have looked in depth at the system and found out where women in Egypt are not being cut through female genital mutilation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/until-you-have-looked-in-depth-at-the-system-and-found-out-where/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

> [ I see \[activists\] getting really angry that people won't just do what the evidence tells them, and that's not very helpful. You need to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-green/i-see-activists-getting-really-angry-that-people-won-t-just-do-what/)

[Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-green/)

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