"We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion."

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"We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion."

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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!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Change, Function, Position, Growth

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

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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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."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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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."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Life is ever changing. We are ever transforming."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"I thought, possibly, that what I really needed was to go where nobody knew me and start over again, with none of my previous decisions, conversations, or expectations coming with me."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"Some people say I appeared on the Phil Donahue show to tell "my" sex change story but I've never appeared on his show for any reason... not even as a member of the studio audience."

Eileen Davidson, American Actress

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"I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them."

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"We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties."

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"Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark."

History

"It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine."

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"A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives."

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"The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need."

Experience

"The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher."

Education

"Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy."

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"The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice."

Education

"No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination."

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