"If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time."

Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist

Change, Time, Obligation, World

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"If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time."

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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

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

Jennifer Granholm, American Politician

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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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"Let us revolt against the nightmare, and work together for a kinder world."

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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"Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others."

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"Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for."

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"Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."

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"We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him."

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"We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem."

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"Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better."

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"My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values."

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"You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation."

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