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Change Quotes

"I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification."

"I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

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"Yes, Jean Monnet was the father of the concept of a United States of Europe and his efforts more than those of any other single man helped change the thinking of European leaders."

"Yes, Jean Monnet was the father of the concept of a United States of Europe and his efforts more than those of any other single man helped change the thinking of European leaders."

Paul Hoffman, American Celebrity

Change, Father, Europe, Leaders

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"If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?"

"If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?"

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

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"Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right."

"Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right."

Jane Goodall, English Scientist

Change, People, Listening, Right

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"In not my, but our collective hands, is held the promise of change."

"In not my, but our collective hands, is held the promise of change."

Mark Sanford, American Politician

Change, Promise

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"In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances."

"In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances."

Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher

Change, Science, Ideas

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"I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen."

"I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen."

Dennis Eckersley, American Athlete

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"We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we've delved into."

"We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we've delved into."

Barry Gibb, English Musician

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"I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change the Constitution."

"I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change the Constitution."

Peter Camejo, American Businessman

Change, Act, Congress, Constitution

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"Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters."

"Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters."

Pope Paul VI, Italian Clergyman

Change, Nature, Power, Science

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"Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be listened to and heard and thus are able to effect change on an international level."

"Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be listened to and heard and thus are able to effect change on an international level."

Bill Dixon, American Musician

Change, Wealth, Effect, Musicians

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"No, I am who I am. I'm not going to change for anybody."

"No, I am who I am. I'm not going to change for anybody."

Calista Flockhart, American Actress

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"Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining."

"Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Change, Time, Complaining, Complaints

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"While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains the same river; only the landscape on either bank seems to change."

"While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains the same river; only the landscape on either bank seems to change."

Max Muller, German Educator

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"It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo."

"It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo."

Gerry Adams, Irish Politician

Change, Battle, Day, Want

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"We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us."

"We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us."

Joan D. Vinge, American Author

Change, Health, Life, Appearance

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"We're betting, at this place and this time, we have people ready for change in the state of Maryland."

"We're betting, at this place and this time, we have people ready for change in the state of Maryland."

Bob Ehrlich, American Politician

Change, Time, People, State

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"Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change."

"Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

Change, Life, Work

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"An apology might help, but you can change your life without one."

"An apology might help, but you can change your life without one."

Robin Quivers, American Celebrity

Change, Life, Apology, Help

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"Now there is a cultural change under way in the Foreign Service."

"Now there is a cultural change under way in the Foreign Service."

Lawrence Eagleburger, American Diplomat

Change, Now, Service

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"I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop."

"I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop."

Kid Rock, American Musician

Change, Music, Want

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"My research in this period centered around growth, technical change, and income distribution, both how growth affected the distribution of income and how the distribution of income affected growth."

"My research in this period centered around growth, technical change, and income distribution, both how growth affected the distribution of income and how the distribution of income affected growth."

Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Economist

Change, Growth, Income, Research

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"When I got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of what I had done. And it led me then to make the further step, a change of loyalties."

"When I got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of what I had done. And it led me then to make the further step, a change of loyalties."

Aldrich Ames, American Criminal

Change, Money, Burden

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"The thinking was that so long as the British kept our basic documents in their hands and so long as they kept the formal right to change them, changes in our system would be careful and deliberate."

"The thinking was that so long as the British kept our basic documents in their hands and so long as they kept the formal right to change them, changes in our system would be careful and deliberate."

Stockwell Day, Canadian Politician

Change, Right, Thinking

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"Any change in form produces a fear of change, and that has accelerated. Marketing is the death of invention, because marketing deals with the familiar."

"Any change in form produces a fear of change, and that has accelerated. Marketing is the death of invention, because marketing deals with the familiar."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

Change, Death, Fear, Deals

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"I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should."

"I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should."

Sting, British Musician

Change, Life, People

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"As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing."

"As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing."

Claude Chabrol, French Director

Change, Nothing

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"Change--savor the cool, fresh flavor of it."

"Change--savor the cool, fresh flavor of it."

Nora Roberts, American Author

Change, Adaptation, Opportunity, Growth

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"This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be also an instrument of industrial progress."

"This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be also an instrument of industrial progress."

Leon Jouhaux, French Leader

Change, Progress, Trade

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"Philosophers have hitherto interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it."

"Philosophers have hitherto interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Change, Philosophy, Action, Responsibility

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"Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won't change."

"Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won't change."

Estelle Morris, English Politician

Change, Schools

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"There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy."

"There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy."

William Weld, American Politician

Change, Republican

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"They say just give up, that the world cannot be changed. Just live your life the best you can. Bullshit!"

"They say just give up, that the world cannot be changed. Just live your life the best you can. Bullshit!"

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Change, Inspirational, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know."

"I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know."

Billie Holiday, American Musician

Change, Hate, Singing

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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."

"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, American Journalist

Change, Cause, College, Journalism

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"There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years."

"There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years."

Gordon Getty, American Businessman

Change, Experience, Deep, Gain

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"I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back."

"I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back."

Sting, British Musician

Change, Class, England, Want

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"The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible."

"The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible."

Paul Wellstone, American Politician

Change, People, Vote

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"Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness."

"Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Change, Jealousy, Madness, Passion

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"I went to my room and packed a change of clothes, got my banjo, and started walking down the road. Soon I found myself on the open highway headed east."

"I went to my room and packed a change of clothes, got my banjo, and started walking down the road. Soon I found myself on the open highway headed east."

Burl Ives, American Musician

Change, Clothes, Open, Road

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"Comedians walk out, get a feel for the crowd. If it's not going good, we change directions. If we got to drag your momma into this thing, we will. Whatever we got to do."

"Comedians walk out, get a feel for the crowd. If it's not going good, we change directions. If we got to drag your momma into this thing, we will. Whatever we got to do."

Steve Harvey, American Actor

Change, Comedians, Will

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"Women will change the corporation more than we expect."

"Women will change the corporation more than we expect."

Anita Borg, American Scientist

Change, Women, Will

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"I think you can expect Sony, in the case of PSP specifically, to deliver a technology that is going to reinvent and change handheld entertainment, and take it to a brand new level."

Ian Jackson, English Scientist

Change, Technology, Entertainment

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"I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?"

"I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?"

Kevin Eubanks, American Musician

Change, Music, Thought, People

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"You know that clicker? It's going to change the world more than any other thing."

"You know that clicker? It's going to change the world more than any other thing."

Don Hewitt, American Producer

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"People change and forget to tell each other."

"People change and forget to tell each other."

Lillian Hellman, American Dramatist

Change, People, Forget

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"I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface."

"I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface."

Jaron Lanier, American Artist

Change, Complexity

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"Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act."

"Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act."

Alice Meynell, English Poet

Change, Act, Fathers, Results

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"With this in mind, for some twenty years I have set myself as my particular task the experimental investigation of the connexion between change in the structure and change in the spectra of chemical atoms."

"With this in mind, for some twenty years I have set myself as my particular task the experimental investigation of the connexion between change in the structure and change in the spectra of chemical atoms."

Johannes Stark, German Physicist

Change, Atoms, Investigation, Mind

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"You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world."

"You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world."

Tom Brokaw, American Journalist

Change, Life, May, World

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