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In Congress, you soon find out that there are others that know something too.
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The speaker observes that working in Congress quickly reveals that knowledge is not held by one person alone. Others there also understand important things, so the setting brings an awareness of shared expertise and the need to recognize what other people know.
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- Congressional Record, December 11, 1987, reprinting a Los Angeles Times interview
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