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"When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on."
Luis Figo
"When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on."
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"I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there."
Richard P. Feynman
"I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there."
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"A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation."
Edmund Burke
"A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation."
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"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."
Winston Churchill
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."
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"Change alone is unchanging."
Heraclitus
"Change alone is unchanging."
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"Change before you have to."
Jack Welch
"Change before you have to."
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"Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there."
Will Smith
"Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there."
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"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."
W. Edwards Deming
"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."
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"The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change."
Kenneth Kaunda
"The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change."
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"Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day."
Elizabeth Bowen
"Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day."
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"You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it."
Gael Garcia Bernal
"You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it."
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"When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like an obsession. I would take 20 books, and not come out until I'd finished them. It took me a while to change that habit."
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
"When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like an obsession. I would take 20 books, and not come out until I'd finished them. It took me a while to change that habit."
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"The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress."
Charles Kettering
"The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress."
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"A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune."
Horace
"A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune."
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"Hamas' battle is against the Zionist occupation in the Palestinian land. Hamas has no desire to change its battlefield."
Ahmed Yassin
"Hamas' battle is against the Zionist occupation in the Palestinian land. Hamas has no desire to change its battlefield."
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"When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves."
Viktor E. Frankl
"When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves."
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"It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."
Giordano Bruno
"It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."
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"We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were."
Naguib Mahfouz
"We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were."
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"The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today."
Boutros Boutros Ghali
"The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today."
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"The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing."
Augusto Roa Bastos
"The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing."
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"We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun."
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
"We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun."
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"There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming."
Paul Kagame
"There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming."
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"Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret."
Miguel Angel Ruiz
"Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret."
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"My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see."
Muhammad Yunus
"My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see."
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"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance."
Nathaniel Branden
"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance."
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"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
Soren Kierkegaard
"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
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"I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner."
Haile Gebrselassie
"I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner."
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"The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being."
Emma Goldman
"The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being."
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"I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet."
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
"I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet."
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"What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?"
Abu Bakar Bashir
"What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?"
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"What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching."
Harri Holkeri
"What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching."
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"There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them."
Ferdinand Marcos
"There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them."
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"Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people."
Ibrahim Babangida
"Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people."
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"Music can change the world because it can change people."
Bono
"Music can change the world because it can change people."
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"We, too, must change as circumstances evolve."
Baldwin Spencer
"We, too, must change as circumstances evolve."
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"I know that my race must change."
Chief Joseph
"I know that my race must change."
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"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily."
Mike Murdock
"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily."
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"I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen."
Joe Eszterhas
"I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen."
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"I'm Colombian and nothing will change that."
Shakira
"I'm Colombian and nothing will change that."
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"Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country."
Bonnie Tyler
"Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country."
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"I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for."
Joan Armatrading
"I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for."
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"If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change."
John A. Simone, Sr.
"If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change."
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"The reality is, some people don't want you to change or go anywhere different."
Kenneth Edmonds
"The reality is, some people don't want you to change or go anywhere different."
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"A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see."
Wilma Mankiller
"A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see."
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"No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action."
Emma Goldman
"No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action."
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"True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it."
bell hooks
"True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it."
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"Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change."
Robert Mugabe
"Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change."
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"Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those who ate fairy fruit, you can never be entirely content with the world that you grew up in. Discontent is a good thing: discontented people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different."
Neil Gaiman
"Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those who ate fairy fruit, you can never be entirely content with the world that you grew up in. Discontent is a good thing: discontented people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different."
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"For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."
John F. Kennedy
"For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."
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"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power."
Alan Cohen
"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power."
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