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"Have you no idea of progress, of development?""I have seen them both in an egg," said Caspian. "We call it 'Going Bad' in Narnia."

"Have you no idea of progress, of development?""I have seen them both in an egg," said Caspian. "We call it 'Going Bad' in Narnia."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Change, Progress, Development

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"There's been a sea change in our focus on corporate ethics. We've made more progress in the last three years than the previous 30."

"There's been a sea change in our focus on corporate ethics. We've made more progress in the last three years than the previous 30."

Steve Odland, American Executive

Change, Progress, Corporate, Ethics

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"World is getting stranger and stranger... I think there is interesting perspective in the series "Falling Water"."

"World is getting stranger and stranger... I think there is interesting perspective in the series "Falling Water"."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Change, Truth, Future, Life, Wisdom

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"When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player."

"When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player."

Oscar Robertson, American Athlete

Change, Life, People, Play

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"We wanted to interview people on the show, do variety, get the artists, the guests involved with us in our group. They wanted to keep the four guys together. We wanted to change the format."

"We wanted to interview people on the show, do variety, get the artists, the guests involved with us in our group. They wanted to keep the four guys together. We wanted to change the format."

Davy Jones, English Musician

Change, People, Artists, Guests

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"We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions."

"We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions."

Jessamyn West, American Author

Change, Facts, Want

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"People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so."

"People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

Change, People, Behavior, Difference

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"The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change."

"The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Change, Home, Answers, Questions

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"In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want to see is how people cope, and so the character are present to cope, or fail to cope."

"In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want to see is how people cope, and so the character are present to cope, or fail to cope."

James Gunn, American Writer

Change, Nature, Science, Technology

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"I realized then that the generations may change but the strength of our nation remains solid."

"I realized then that the generations may change but the strength of our nation remains solid."

Jane D. Hull, American Politician

Change, Strength, Generations, May

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"For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains."

"For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains."

Katharine Anthony, American Writer

Change, Time, Thought, Labor

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"Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue."

"Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue."

Peter Garrett, Australian Musician

Change, Climate, Climate change, Research

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"Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree of interest; it is constantly given other directions by the change of external stimuli and by ideas."

"Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree of interest; it is constantly given other directions by the change of external stimuli and by ideas."

Hermann Ebbinghaus, German Psychologist

Change, Ideas, Perception, Accuracy

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"I thought I would keep the first name Susan and change the last name but I picked up this book and as I opened it the lead character in it was called Morgan Brittany."

"I thought I would keep the first name Susan and change the last name but I picked up this book and as I opened it the lead character in it was called Morgan Brittany."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

Change, Thought, Character, First

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"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine."

"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine."

Robert C. Gallagher, American Editor

Change, Machine

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"We (actors) don't really change the world. We reflect it... but Washington really changes the world."

"We (actors) don't really change the world. We reflect it... but Washington really changes the world."

Martin Sheen, American Actor

Change, Washington, World

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"Then in 1969, I spent the spring term at Cornell University in New York. The invasion of August 1968 had already happened, but the hardline regime took several months to crack down on dissidents."

"Then in 1969, I spent the spring term at Cornell University in New York. The invasion of August 1968 had already happened, but the hardline regime took several months to crack down on dissidents."

Vaclav Klaus, Czechoslovakian Statesman

Change, Months, Spring, University

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"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

Stephen Hawking, English Physicist

Change, People, Nothing, Road

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"Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies."

"Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies."

Robert Kennedy, American Politician

Change, Progress, Enemies, Word

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"We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction."

"We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction."

Michael McCaul, American Politician

Change, Peace, Strength, Destruction

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"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."

Hal Borland, American Author

Change, Spring, Winter

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"We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented."

"We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented."

Gerhard Schroder, German Statesman

Change, People, Goal, Help

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"I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed."

"I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

Change, Sex, World

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"We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him."

"We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him."

John Boehner, American Politician

Change, Work, People, Hope

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"Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away."

"Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away."

Tom Clancy, American Novelist

Change, Dream, Nothing, Will

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"The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a fundamental structural change in its surface layer."

"The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a fundamental structural change in its surface layer."

Johannes Stark, German Physicist

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"Things change so fast, you can't use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971."

"Things change so fast, you can't use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971."

Grace Slick, American Musician

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"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times."

"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Change, Success

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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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"Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality."

"Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality."

Theodor Reik, American Psychologist

Change, Love, Dream, Reality

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"I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live."

"I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live."

Godfrey Reggio, American Director

Change, Peace, World

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"We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior."

"We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior."

Bill Gates, American Businessman

Change, Money, Behavior

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"It's just not right that so many things don't work when they should. I don't think that will change for a long time."

"It's just not right that so many things don't work when they should. I don't think that will change for a long time."

Steve Wozniak, American Businessman

Change, Time, Work, Right

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"If anything is certain, it is that change is certain. The world we are planning for today will not exist in this form tomorrow."

"If anything is certain, it is that change is certain. The world we are planning for today will not exist in this form tomorrow."

Phil Crosby, American Author

Change, Planning, Today, Tomorrow

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"In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results."

"In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results."

Harri Holkeri, Finnish Politician

Change, People, Confidence, Order

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"Slowness to change usually means fear of the new."

"Slowness to change usually means fear of the new."

Phil Crosby, American Author

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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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"This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50."

"This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50."

Bill Gates, American Businessman

Change, Business, Time, World

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"You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority."

"You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

Change, People, Nothing

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"If only I could change the world around me, perhaps my truth won't one day be the end of me."

"If only I could change the world around me, perhaps my truth won't one day be the end of me."

Dan Pearce, American Author

Change, Truth, Impact, World

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"Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou."

"Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou."

Akhenaton, Egyptian Statesman

Change, Men, Action, First

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"I had no real education because I was in and out of schools so I decided that I would completely change my look, change my image, change my name and move to New York."

"I had no real education because I was in and out of schools so I decided that I would completely change my look, change my image, change my name and move to New York."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

Change, Education, Name, Schools

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"Going back to something is harder than you think."

"Going back to something is harder than you think."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Change, Hardship, Difficulty, Struggle

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"I'm thinking of remaking Psycho again. Doing a third remake. The idea this time is to really change it - we're talking about doing a Punk rocker setting."

"I'm thinking of remaking Psycho again. Doing a third remake. The idea this time is to really change it - we're talking about doing a Punk rocker setting."

Gus Van Sant, American Director

Change, Time, Idea, Punk

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"You do have to change things as warfare changes."

"You do have to change things as warfare changes."

Charles Schumer, American Politician

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"Look at resistances to change as a source of energy and where there is energy there is still passion and potential."

"Look at resistances to change as a source of energy and where there is energy there is still passion and potential."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

Change, Resistance, Energy, Passion

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"Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment."

"Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

Change, Environment, Trying

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"We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future."

"We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future."

Barbara Jordan, American Lawyer

Change, Circumstances, Future, Innovation

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"Change in all things is sweet."

"Change in all things is sweet."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"Change is such hard work."

"Change is such hard work."

Billy Crystal, American Comedian

Change, Work, Hard work

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