Politicsspeaking topic
“If I had a good enough memory to really retain everything that I think, I doubt very much that I would have written anything.”
— Hannah Arendt, interview with Günter Gaus (1964)
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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