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Adaptation Quotes
"But it's very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it's very difficult just to go on to a scene where the course is prepared differently when the greens are fast and he's not used to it and they're hard as a rock and he's not used to it."
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"At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with."
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"They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy."
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"Circumstances will continue to change. They will not adjust to you; you will have to adjust to them. Circumstances are without inner-intent and you are with inner-intent. To make the circumstances favorable is our job. Unfavorable circumstances are indeed favorable. One feels exhausted going up the stairs, and yet why does he climb them? There is the inner-intent that he will be able to go up; he will be able to take advantage of what is up there; that is why!"
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"If you are not able to 'adjust everywhere', then even the moksha,that you have in your hand, will go away."
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"When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville."
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"The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton."
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"A positive attitude will empower you to be more resilient to proactively adapt to change."
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"When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me."
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"We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs."
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"Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking."
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"I used to pull rank and wait until the wind was blowing out."
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"To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead."
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"If you accept the situation, you will find strength for strategic adaptation."
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"Adapt yourself to the needs of the people."
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"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them."
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"Sometimes principles must be quitted without blinking en eye to discover the new paths!"
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"When you move to a new environment with cultural and social characteristics different from your own, it is only logical, that you loosen some of the knots of your religious doctrines, to embrace the new and vivid environment as much as you wish to be embraced by the environment."
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"Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions."
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"You don't need to fight situation. You must only adjust, adapt and advance."
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"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles."
3
"What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?"
3
"Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story."
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"One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along."
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"We can say that one has remained [correctly] in worldly interaction if one has 'adjusted everywhere'."
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"Admittedly, there will be times when you must interact on a superficial level and adjust your behavior to fit in, go along and get along."
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"At first, it's unfamiliar, then it strikes root."
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"Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process."
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"Man is a pliant animal a being who gets accustomed to anything."
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"When we visited with legislative counsel, they told us that the only way to effectively accomplish what we were trying to do was to put the words in the legislation."
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"We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment."
3
"The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance avoided by the subject, becomes a problem and invites searching."
3
"It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways."
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"You can't prepare for the things that change your life. They come suddenly and unannounced."
2
"In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him."
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"If there is no room in the river, swim to the ocean."
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"For most people the environment controls them rather than being in full control of experiences."
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"We didn't readjust our thinking or rebuild quick enough."
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"There are no conditions to which a man cannot become accustomed."
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"There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation."
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"There are no conditions to which a man cannot become used, especially if he sees that all around him are living in the same way."
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"The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor, he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them."
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"There is a strong movement, especially in Protestantism, to recast the Christian message in order to make it acceptable to modern man."
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"While the world wasn't build for the humans, we were built for the world."
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"Unheard-of combinations of circumstances demand unheard-of rules."
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"If you don't stay relevant you will be relegated."
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"Sometimes the changes in your life will be planned with strategy, optimism, and intention. Other changes, however, will catch you by surprise, sabotage your success, break your heart, cause you stress, or leave you feeling lost. Whether you are dealing with planned or unplanned change, there will always be a degree of adaptation and reorientation required in order for you to be resilient."
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"Rather than waste or eliminate items which you don't currently use, discover a new way to improve and enjoy their value. What strengths and talents can you repurpose for a new endeavor? How can you re-purpose your thoughts to ensure they help you rather than hinder?"
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