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"A lot of my idealism was frustrated by the end of the '60s because of the way things went with the assassinations and the sense that the political establishment was so fixed in its ways you couldn't change anything."
David Talbot
"A lot of my idealism was frustrated by the end of the '60s because of the way things went with the assassinations and the sense that the political establishment was so fixed in its ways you couldn't change anything."
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"The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost."
M. Scott Peck
"The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost."
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"It's the most unhappy people who most fear change."
Mignon McLaughlin
"It's the most unhappy people who most fear change."
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"Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation."
Ben Edwards
"Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation."
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"Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries."
Hugh Mackay
"Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries."
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"In fact, even the current administration now is releasing recent reports indicating that climate change is real, that global warming is occurring, that it is heavily influenced by man-made objects and that it is something we cannot ignore any longer."
Ron Kind
"In fact, even the current administration now is releasing recent reports indicating that climate change is real, that global warming is occurring, that it is heavily influenced by man-made objects and that it is something we cannot ignore any longer."
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"Why don't they go ahead and change the name of the White House to the West House. They want to do away with the heritage of White Settlement and destroy the history of White Settlement."
Alan Price
"Why don't they go ahead and change the name of the White House to the West House. They want to do away with the heritage of White Settlement and destroy the history of White Settlement."
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"Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference."
Yitzhak Rabin
"Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference."
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"I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change."
Philip Levine
"I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change."
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"I'd like to provide information, inspiration, and access to whatever goods and services are needed to make it super easy for everyone to change their lifestyle to a sustainable one."
Daryl Hannah
"I'd like to provide information, inspiration, and access to whatever goods and services are needed to make it super easy for everyone to change their lifestyle to a sustainable one."
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"The emotions of the game do not change."
Jack Youngblood
"The emotions of the game do not change."
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"You made the choices that brought you to this place in life. But the thing about choices is that you can always make new ones. Choose to change your life."
Avina Celeste
"You made the choices that brought you to this place in life. But the thing about choices is that you can always make new ones. Choose to change your life."
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"I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks."
Joe Scarborough
"I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks."
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"Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists."
Kristin Davis
"Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists."
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"Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that changed their abortion laws before Roe are not going to change back. So we have a policy that only affects poor women, and it can never be otherwise."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that changed their abortion laws before Roe are not going to change back. So we have a policy that only affects poor women, and it can never be otherwise."
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"There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages."
Harri Holkeri
"There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages."
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"When it becomes more difficult to suffer than to change... you will change."
Robert Anthony
"When it becomes more difficult to suffer than to change... you will change."
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"Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy."
Rudy Giuliani
"Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy."
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"They reality is that we have 70% of our voters use a punch card system that I tried to change and that bipartisan resistance in the legislature stopped."
Kenneth Blackwell
"They reality is that we have 70% of our voters use a punch card system that I tried to change and that bipartisan resistance in the legislature stopped."
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"Why should we change onstage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way."
Cliff Burton
"Why should we change onstage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way."
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"As children, many of us were taught never to talk to strangers. As parents and grandparents, our message must change with technology to include strangers on the Internet."
Judy Biggert
"As children, many of us were taught never to talk to strangers. As parents and grandparents, our message must change with technology to include strangers on the Internet."
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"Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think."
Norman Lear
"Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think."
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"People can cry much easier than they can change."
James A. Baldwin
"People can cry much easier than they can change."
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"When I was about 17 or 18, I finally admitted to myself that I wasn't going to change. I didn't know what the consequences would be, but I had the definite feeling that it was going to wreck my Disney career."
Tommy Kirk
"When I was about 17 or 18, I finally admitted to myself that I wasn't going to change. I didn't know what the consequences would be, but I had the definite feeling that it was going to wreck my Disney career."
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"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."
John Milton
"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."
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"Climate change is also clearly a matter of huge interest and concern for the scientific community."
Peter Garrett
"Climate change is also clearly a matter of huge interest and concern for the scientific community."
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"Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away."
Aeschylus
"Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away."
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"Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence."
Jean Paul
"Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence."
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"I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you can't really find a way to change those things."
Nick Cave
"I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you can't really find a way to change those things."
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"My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that I'm listening to. It really does affect me on a visceral and emotional level."
Kiefer Sutherland
"My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that I'm listening to. It really does affect me on a visceral and emotional level."
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"Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity."
Joyce Meyer
"Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity."
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"I have got one of those faces that change every day: you can dress me up, make me look vampy and then make me look 12 years old. But don't all women do this thing? We all take on these roles."
Geri Halliwell
"I have got one of those faces that change every day: you can dress me up, make me look vampy and then make me look 12 years old. But don't all women do this thing? We all take on these roles."
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"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."
Carl Rogers
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."
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"These are times of unprecedented challenge and change in the airline industry, and the appointments we are announcing today will put American in an even stronger position to continue the substantial progress that has already been made under the tenets of our Turnaround Plan."
Gerard Arpey
"These are times of unprecedented challenge and change in the airline industry, and the appointments we are announcing today will put American in an even stronger position to continue the substantial progress that has already been made under the tenets of our Turnaround Plan."
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"When we were first offered a book deal prior to Avon's, they were trying to get us to change it from the first-person story into a how-to book, and they were offering us some decent money. My agent told me; "you should really consider this"."
Kenny Loggins
"When we were first offered a book deal prior to Avon's, they were trying to get us to change it from the first-person story into a how-to book, and they were offering us some decent money. My agent told me; "you should really consider this"."
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"You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things."
Kelly Lynch
"You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things."
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"Working on the film really made me confront my opinions about change and gentrification."
Jim McKay
"Working on the film really made me confront my opinions about change and gentrification."
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"I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness."
Jeanette Winterson
"I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness."
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"After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause."
David Talbot
"After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause."
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"I feel that I have such an abundance in my life, and once you've seen how many people suffer and how little it takes for you to actually change their lives for the better, it's hard not to do something."
Wendie Malick
"I feel that I have such an abundance in my life, and once you've seen how many people suffer and how little it takes for you to actually change their lives for the better, it's hard not to do something."
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"Things change as minds change. Egos and prides vanish in the darkness of night. The false mask of vanity burns in the natural propensity to be happy. Who wants to be sad, after all?"
Girdhar Joshi
"Things change as minds change. Egos and prides vanish in the darkness of night. The false mask of vanity burns in the natural propensity to be happy. Who wants to be sad, after all?"
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"President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate."
Peter Fenn
"President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate."
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"I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make a change."
Alanis Morissette
"I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make a change."
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"I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to be understood. I like what I've written, the stories and two novels. If I had to give up what I've written in order to be clear of this disease, I wouldn't do it."
Harold Brodkey
"I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to be understood. I like what I've written, the stories and two novels. If I had to give up what I've written in order to be clear of this disease, I wouldn't do it."
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"If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country."
Charles Sturt
"If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country."
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"People change and forget to tell each other."
Lillian Hellman
"People change and forget to tell each other."
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"Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things."
Jesse Jackson
"Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things."
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"This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought."
Lin Yutang
"This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought."
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"If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change."
Robert Hewison
"If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change."
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"If we're going to change the laws, let's change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens."
John Dingell
"If we're going to change the laws, let's change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens."
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