925 private quotes tagged change

“One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the only studio head I have ever known who will change his mind and say he was wrong.” — Dean Koontz

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“There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.” — Vera Farmiga

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“I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.” — Patti Smith

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“Sureness is something like a neck brace, which we clamp around our lives, hoping to somehow protect ourselves from the frightening, constant whiplash of change. Sadly, the brace doesn't always hold.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

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“If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.” — George Osborne

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“If your life changes, we can change the world, too.” — Yoko Ono

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“You know, for 300 years it's been kind of the same. There are restaurants in New Orleans that the menu hasn't changed in 125 years, so how is one going to change or evolve the food?” — Emeril Lagasse

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“News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.” — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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“When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.” — John Boyd Orr

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“One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it won't jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing.” — Jeff Goodell

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“I think your alcohol intake has to change. You know, usually a big person feels they can drink anything they want to and as much as they want to and I've cut that way back.” — Mike Ditka

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“The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible.” — Lech Walesa

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“President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that.” — Mia Love

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“Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.” — James Lovelock

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“I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person.” — James Hillman

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“I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change.” — Patti Smith

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“I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?” — Andrew Cuomo

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“If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.” — Salman Rushdie

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“Just because you liked something as a youngster doesn't mean you have to like it as an adult. You can change your taste a little bit on the sweets and things like that.” — Mike Ditka

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“I think if there's any difference between me and a traditional CEO, it's that I've been unwilling to change myself or shape my personality around what's expected.” — Andrew Mason

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“Maybe more climate activists will think about the climate change not as an international problem to be resolved in an air-conditioned meeting hall, but as a guerilla war to be fought in the streets.” — Jeff Goodell

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“Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future.” — Gary Ross

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“I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.” — Rachel Weisz

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“I'm all about change, and I know things are going to move forward in life, and that's just how it goes.” — Kid Rock

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“We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.” — George A. Sheehan

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