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Brian Ferneyhough

"Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events."

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"Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events."

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"No one on earth is "functionless". The problem we usually have is that functions of people are being displayed in the wrong positions! Change position!"

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"By taking systematic actions and by focusing on beauty, for sure we can change our society."

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"Just change your attitude and perception to change your life."

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"If you are unhappy with your life and the state of the world, the best place to start changing things is within yourself."

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"This world has been changing from time immemorial. But because it is "round (subject to cycle of cause-effect), one cannot find an end to it."

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"All things that we ordained festival,Turn from their office to black funeral;Our instruments to melancholy bells,Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast,Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change,Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse,And all things change them to the contrary."

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"We're on the cusp, on the brink, of enormous change in this country."

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"When the tables are turned, whoever was full becomes hungry."

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"If you want to change anything or your surroundings, change your perception; it will change everything."

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"Life moves forward, not backward, and it would be wise to listen to what change has to say."

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