"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

Change, Wind

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"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

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"Time does not change us. It just unfolds us."

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"The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent."

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"When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed."

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"No, what is important is neither linearity or non-linearity, but the change, the degree of change from something that doesn't move to other events with different tempos in particular."

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"And I like the idea of change. Because I don't see why we should hang a painting on the wall and then just not think of it anymore because it's there like a piece of furniture."

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"It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people."

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"They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show."

James Lipton, American Educator

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"We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the cause of freedom is being fought out, not because we want to delay, but because the hard facts of war make a complete change impossible at the moment."

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"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning."

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"Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube."

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"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you."

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"Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions."

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"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness."

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"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it."

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"Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have."

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"A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life."

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