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"Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind."

"Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind."

Langston Hughes, American Poet

Change, Day, Mind

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"We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today."

"We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today."

William Hague, British Politician

Change, Climate, Climate change, Reality

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"What we are is what we receive. It is not about waiting for something outside ourselves to change - we must actively be the change if we wish to see the result."

"What we are is what we receive. It is not about waiting for something outside ourselves to change - we must actively be the change if we wish to see the result."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

Change, Responsibility, Action, Empowerment

22

"You put high heels on and you change."

"You put high heels on and you change."

Manolo Blahnik, Spanish Designer

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"A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change."

"A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change."

Katharine Butler Hathaway, American Author

Change, Family, Needs, Open

22

"We must become the change we want to see in the world."

"We must become the change we want to see in the world."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Change, Want, World

22

"If Obama has his way, the change that is coming is a new America: "fair," leveled and social democratic. Obama didn't get elected to warranty your muffler. He's here to warranty your life."

"If Obama has his way, the change that is coming is a new America: "fair," leveled and social democratic. Obama didn't get elected to warranty your muffler. He's here to warranty your life."

Charles Krauthammer, American Journalist

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"A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind."

"A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind."

Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese Writer

Change, Society, Destiny, Revolution

22

"Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are."

"Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Change, People, Courage, Ability

22

"It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while."

"It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while."

Luther Burbank, American Environmentalist

Change, People, Order

22

"I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am."

"I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am."

Curt Schilling, American Athlete

Change, People, Care

22

"If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe."

"If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe."

Valerie Jarrett, American Lawyer

Change, Conflict, Storms, Will

22

"Change is constant."

"Change is constant."

Rajen Jani, Indian Author

Change, Reality, Time, Growth

22

"I know at my church a lot of the times we sung from hymn books and as we got older we started to change with time. I can honestly say that I was never influenced to write for the church."

"I know at my church a lot of the times we sung from hymn books and as we got older we started to change with time. I can honestly say that I was never influenced to write for the church."

Charles King, British Politician

Change, Time, Church, Books

22

"Dressing up. People just don't do it anymore. We have to change that."

"Dressing up. People just don't do it anymore. We have to change that."

John Galliano, British Designer

21

"Our decade of change has unleashed the ingenuity, creativity, and character of the most extraordinary people in the world - the people of this state, who come from every corner of the globe."

"Our decade of change has unleashed the ingenuity, creativity, and character of the most extraordinary people in the world - the people of this state, who come from every corner of the globe."

George E. Pataki, American Politician

Change, People, Character, Creativity

21

"Always have an answer - even if you change your mind five minutes later."

"Always have an answer - even if you change your mind five minutes later."

Richard E. Grant, British Actor

21

"Resistance is thought transformed into feeling. Change the thought that creates the resistance, and there is no more resistance."

"Resistance is thought transformed into feeling. Change the thought that creates the resistance, and there is no more resistance."

Robert Conklin, American Educator

Change, Thought, Feeling

21

"It is hard to believe that something that seems so permanent was once so different. Change. I guess that really is one thing you can count on..."

"It is hard to believe that something that seems so permanent was once so different. Change. I guess that really is one thing you can count on..."

Ellen Hopkins, American Novelist

Change, Impermanence, Time, Acceptance

21

"To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways."

"To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways."

Maxine Hong Kingston, American Writer

Change, Success, Ideas, Positive

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"The sea change that has come is the information age. We don't have to just read The New York Times anymore. We can pull up something on the Internet and get any news that we like."

"The sea change that has come is the information age. We don't have to just read The New York Times anymore. We can pull up something on the Internet and get any news that we like."

Pete du Pont, American Politician

Change, Age, Information, Internet

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"There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments."

"There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments."

Stanley Schmidt, American Writer

Change, May, Writers

21

"Cosmetic surgery is not 'cosmetic,' and human flesh is not 'plastic.' Even the names trivialize what it is. It's not like ironing wrinkles in fabric, or tuning up a car, or altering outmoded clothes, the current metaphors. Trivialization and infantilization pervade the surgeons' language when they speak to women: 'a nip,' a 'tummy tuck.'...Surgery changes one forever, the mind as well as the body. If we don't start to speak of it as serious, the millennium of the man-made woman will be upon us, and we will have had no choice."

"Cosmetic surgery is not 'cosmetic,' and human flesh is not 'plastic.' Even the names trivialize what it is. It's not like ironing wrinkles in fabric, or tuning up a car, or altering outmoded clothes, the current metaphors. Trivialization and infantilization pervade the surgeons' language when they speak to women: 'a nip,' a 'tummy tuck.'...Surgery changes one forever, the mind as well as the body. If we don't start to speak of it as serious, the millennium of the man-made woman will be upon us, and we will have had no choice."

Naomi Wolf, American Author

Change, Reality, Truth, Observation, Impact

21

"But what I wanted back had never really been there. He was a temporary illusion, a mirage of water after walking in the desert. I had made him up. And he could have killed me. You've got to stop the ride sometimes. Stop it and get off."

"But what I wanted back had never really been there. He was a temporary illusion, a mirage of water after walking in the desert. I had made him up. And he could have killed me. You've got to stop the ride sometimes. Stop it and get off."

Deb Caletti, American Author

Change, Transformation, Growth, Transition, Adaptation

21

"In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists."

"In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Change, Time, Future, World

21

"I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear."

"I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear."

Woody Allen, American Director

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"Change will not come from above, it will come from below, from the small and medium size businesspeople. They do dare to show their faces. They applaud us and help us financially."

"Change will not come from above, it will come from below, from the small and medium size businesspeople. They do dare to show their faces. They applaud us and help us financially."

Vicente Fox, Mexican Statesman

Change, Faces, Help, Will

21

"The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are."

"The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are."

Jeff Probst, American Entertainer

Change, Surprises

21

"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

21

"I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma."

"I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma."

Marcia Wallace, American Actress

Change, Faith, God, People

21

"It is always more fun to play a bad guy than to be yourself as you can create a character unlike your own and be someone you are not for a change."

"It is always more fun to play a bad guy than to be yourself as you can create a character unlike your own and be someone you are not for a change."

Richard Kiel, American Actor

Change, Character, Fun, Play

21

"You ask yourself when you'll learn, and the answer is always,'Tomorrow."

"You ask yourself when you'll learn, and the answer is always,'Tomorrow."

Kris Kidd, American Writer

Change, Tomorrow, Learning, Delay

21

"I'm no where as tough as my father. I really think that I am more open to change than he was."

"I'm no where as tough as my father. I really think that I am more open to change than he was."

A. J. Foyt, American Celebrity

Change, Father, Open

21

"I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change."

"I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change."

Kenneth Clarke, English Politician

Change, Facts, Opposition, Party

21

"I'm a typical middle child. I'm the mediator. The one that makes everything OK, puts their own needs aside to make sure everybody's happy. It's hard to change your nature, even with years and years of therapy."

"I'm a typical middle child. I'm the mediator. The one that makes everything OK, puts their own needs aside to make sure everybody's happy. It's hard to change your nature, even with years and years of therapy."

Jennifer Jason Leigh, American Actress

Change, Nature, Needs, Therapy

21

"One of the things that strikes me is so many of the critics are people whose lifestyle doesn't change when the price of fuel changes, or if they keep a Wal-Mart store out of their area."

"One of the things that strikes me is so many of the critics are people whose lifestyle doesn't change when the price of fuel changes, or if they keep a Wal-Mart store out of their area."

Lee Scott, American Businessman

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"You can't make the world perfect, Daniel, ' Michelle said calmly while dusting dirt off her jeans with her delicate hand. 'No. I can't, ' I agreed. 'But I can sure help make it better."

"You can't make the world perfect, Daniel, ' Michelle said calmly while dusting dirt off her jeans with her delicate hand. 'No. I can't, ' I agreed. 'But I can sure help make it better."

Shannon A. Thompson, American Author

Change, Hope, Improvement, Action

21

"The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change."

"The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change."

John Monks, British Leader

Change, People, Europe, Help

20

"I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so."

"I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so."

Stephen Harper, Canadian Politician

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"Everything changes but change."

"Everything changes but change."

Israel Zangwill, English Novelist

20

"To remain young one must change."

"To remain young one must change."

Alexander Chase, American Journalist

20

"Outside of being an actress, I feel like being out is the biggest way that gay people can change perception. There are people that give millions of dollars to gay organizations but are closeted to their own families."

"Outside of being an actress, I feel like being out is the biggest way that gay people can change perception. There are people that give millions of dollars to gay organizations but are closeted to their own families."

Jill Bennett, American Actress

Change, People, Perception, Being

20

"Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact."

"Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

Change, Artists, Fact, Legislators

20

"The more things change, the more they are the same."

"The more things change, the more they are the same."

Alphonse Karr, French Critic

20

"They say you can't build Rome in a day, but I'm pretty sure you could destroy it in even less."

"They say you can't build Rome in a day, but I'm pretty sure you could destroy it in even less."

Kris Kidd, American Writer

Change, Creation, Destruction, Power

20

"Here is the node, you who hate change and fear revolution. Keep these two squatting men apart; make them hate, fear, suspect each other. Here is the anlage of the thing you fear. This is the zygote. For here 'I lost my land' is changed; a cell is split and from its splitting grows the thing you hate--'We lost *our* land."

"Here is the node, you who hate change and fear revolution. Keep these two squatting men apart; make them hate, fear, suspect each other. Here is the anlage of the thing you fear. This is the zygote. For here 'I lost my land' is changed; a cell is split and from its splitting grows the thing you hate--'We lost our land."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Change, Fear, Conflict, Identity

20

"We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning."

"We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning."

Raul Grijalva, American Politician

Change, Policy, Americans, Country

20

"If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me."

"If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me."

Charles Mackay, British Poet

20

"Although we must change the ways we protect our country, we must also guard against policies that appear attractive but offer little real protection and may even impede our ability to protect ourselves."

"Although we must change the ways we protect our country, we must also guard against policies that appear attractive but offer little real protection and may even impede our ability to protect ourselves."

Richard Burr, American Politician

Change, Ability, Country, May

20

"The donkey which brought you to this door must be dismissed if you want to get through it'."

"The donkey which brought you to this door must be dismissed if you want to get through it'."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Change, Opportunity, Progress, Transition

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