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Change Quotes

"For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me."

"For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

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

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

Max Frisch, Swiss Novelist

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"A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant."

"A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

Change, Home, Cinema, Evening

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"I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing. I have never been a person who wanted to just dance. I have always been interested in developing for other people."

"I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing. I have never been a person who wanted to just dance. I have always been interested in developing for other people."

Katherine Dunham, American Dancer

Change, People, Dance, Dancing

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"I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to."

"I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to."

Dennis Quaid, American Actor

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"Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities."

"Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities."

George Boole, Irish Mathematician

Change, Knowledge, Acquaintance, Certainty

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"Some people change when they think they're a star or something."

"Some people change when they think they're a star or something."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

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"Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of these individuals."

"Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of these individuals."

John Conyers, American Politician

Change, People, Generations, World

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"Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself."

"Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself."

Sallust, Roman Historian

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"Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes."

"Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes."

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

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"Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better."

"Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better."

Esther Dyson, American Scientist

Change, People, Want

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"In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change."

"In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change."

John Naisbitt, American Businessman

Change, Time, Quality, People

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"One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change."

"One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change."

Peter Steele, American Musician

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"Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahead or change things if you were behind."

"Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahead or change things if you were behind."

Tracy Austin, American Athlete

Change, Mother, Winning, Chance

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"A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote."

"A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote."

Lyn Nofziger, American Press Secretary

Change, Reason, Vote

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"I wanna change the game in way where I'm not knocking nobody out of the way, not claiming to be the best at this or that, but just doing wonders with the gift I've been given."

"I wanna change the game in way where I'm not knocking nobody out of the way, not claiming to be the best at this or that, but just doing wonders with the gift I've been given."

Anthony Hamilton, British Musician

Change, Wonders

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"You never know what show is going to change your life."

"You never know what show is going to change your life."

Brion James, American Actor

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"Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy."

"Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy."

Nusrat F. A. Khan, Pakistani Musician

Change, People, Style

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"Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds."

"Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds."

Patricia Ireland, American Activist

Change, Men, Power, Faces

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"Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night."

"Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night."

Hal Borland, American Author

Change, Autumn, Moon, Night, Summer

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"Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week."

"Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week."

Phillips Brooks, American Clergyman

Change, Opinions, Will

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"Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment."

"Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment."

Herbert Simon, American Scientist

Change, Environment, Learning

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"Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life."

"Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

Change, Life, Movies, Character

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"Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change."

"Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change."

James Cash Penney, American Businessman

Change, Improvement

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"I mean, if you didn't get it or if you didn't feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change."

"I mean, if you didn't get it or if you didn't feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

Change, Experience

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"I thought I understood the story very well, because I've lived with it for so long. But movies change and take on a life of their own once they start to be made, and you have to keep your eye on the real ball, not the ball that's in your head."

"I thought I understood the story very well, because I've lived with it for so long. But movies change and take on a life of their own once they start to be made, and you have to keep your eye on the real ball, not the ball that's in your head."

Andrew McCarthy, American Actor

Change, Life, Movies, Thought

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"Don't fear change - embrace it."

"Don't fear change - embrace it."

Anthony J. D'Angelo, American Author

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"To me, it's really important to drive change through a team because one person, while the buck has to stop with somebody, the company is just too big for one person."

"To me, it's really important to drive change through a team because one person, while the buck has to stop with somebody, the company is just too big for one person."

Sanjay Kumar, Indian Businessman

Change, Company

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"This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world."

"This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

Change, Culture, Materialism, World

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"My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives."

"My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

Change, Sex, Thought, Play

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"Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich."

"Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich."

Nicolas de Chamfort, French Writer

Change, Fashion, Tax, Poor

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"Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them."

"Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them."

John Henry Newman, British Clergyman

Change, Facts, Wishing

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"You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying."

"You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying."

Kevin Johnson, American Athlete

Change, Trying, World

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"The cartoon is a metaphor really for the fact that it's almost impossible in our celebrity obsessed culture to move around genres and sort of change you ideas, change your face, you know?"

"The cartoon is a metaphor really for the fact that it's almost impossible in our celebrity obsessed culture to move around genres and sort of change you ideas, change your face, you know?"

Damon Albarn, English Musician

Change, Ideas, Celebrity, Culture

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"Furthermore I will just have to see what the future will bring me. But a change of food whets the appetite."

"Furthermore I will just have to see what the future will bring me. But a change of food whets the appetite."

Jonathan Brandis, American Actor

Change, Food, Appetite, Future

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"We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history."

"We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history."

Sonia Johnson, American Activist

Change, History, People, Difference

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"Only idiots refuse to change their minds."

"Only idiots refuse to change their minds."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

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"I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity."

"I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Change, Poetry, Exploitation, Injustice

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"I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of My Secret on, there is a change in my films. A lot of the journalists have very generously attributed this to my growing maturity."

"I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of My Secret on, there is a change in my films. A lot of the journalists have very generously attributed this to my growing maturity."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

Change, Time, Maturity

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"It took me so many years to move out. I'm definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really nice at home-why change it? Part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever."

"It took me so many years to move out. I'm definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really nice at home-why change it? Part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

Change, Home, Responsibility, Years

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"I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it."

"I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it."

Victoria Woodhull, American Activist

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"A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories."

"A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Change, Children, Direction, Revolution

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"We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country."

"We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

Change, Country, President, Want

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"When it becomes more difficult to suffer than to change... you will change."

"When it becomes more difficult to suffer than to change... you will change."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

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"The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli."

"The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli."

Georg Simmel, German Sociologist

Change, Individuality, Results

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"When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change."

"When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

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"As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change."

"As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change."

Al Gore, American Vice President

Change, Money, Civilization, Borrowing

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"Once you have a child, you change so much along the way, you don't even recognize yourself by the time they're ready to move out!"

"Once you have a child, you change so much along the way, you don't even recognize yourself by the time they're ready to move out!"

Ron Taffel, American Psychologist

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"But you say, does it represent change? The change is that we are fighting an insurance industry that has killed health reform for generations. They're spending tens of millions of dollars right now to defeat this bill, and we're on the doorstep of winning a great victory for the American people."

"But you say, does it represent change? The change is that we are fighting an insurance industry that has killed health reform for generations. They're spending tens of millions of dollars right now to defeat this bill, and we're on the doorstep of winning a great victory for the American people."

David Axelrod, American Public Servant

Change, Health, People, Victory

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"He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery."

"He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery."

Harold Wilson, English Statesman

Change, Progress

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