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Change Quotes

"Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience."

"Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience."

Paul Getty, American Businessman

Change, Experience, Observation, Rhetoric

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"Change is the medium to become who you wish to be."

"Change is the medium to become who you wish to be."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Change, Growth, Identity, Transformation

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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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"Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time."

"Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time."

Alvin Toffler, American Author

Change, Time, Future, Stress

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"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others."

"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy."

"In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy."

Charles de Secondat, French Philosopher

Change, Constancy, Diversity, Quantity

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"In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change."

"In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change."

David Amram, American Composer

Change, Music, Feeling, Thinking

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"Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts."

"Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts."

Moliere, French Playwright

Change, Husbands, Law, Woman

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"I came on to the film with a very happy-go-lucky attitude which I think my character, Charlie, did when she went into the house. I expected it to be good, and then slowly things started to change for us all."

"I came on to the film with a very happy-go-lucky attitude which I think my character, Charlie, did when she went into the house. I expected it to be good, and then slowly things started to change for us all."

Jennifer Sky, American Actress

Change, Attitude, Character, Film

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"My ideas about time all developed from the realization that if nothing were to change we could not say that time passes. Change is primary, time, if it exists at all, is something we deduce from it."

"My ideas about time all developed from the realization that if nothing were to change we could not say that time passes. Change is primary, time, if it exists at all, is something we deduce from it."

Julian Barbour, British Scientist

Change, Time, Ideas, Nothing

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"The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers."

"The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers."

Adrienne Rich, American Poet

Change, Society, Women, Production

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"Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives."

"Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives."

William Moulton Marston, American Psychologist

Change, Day, Impulses

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"In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord."

"In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

Change, Chance, Fulfillment, Will

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"Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change."

"Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

Change, People, Church, Want

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"Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable."

"Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable."

Denis Waitley, American Writer

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"When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues."

"When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues."

Little Richard, American Musician

Change, Music, Question

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"I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge."

"I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

Change, Jokes, Relax, Songs

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"To change what you get you must change who you are."

"To change what you get you must change who you are."

Vernon Howard, American Author

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"Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it."

"Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

Change, Content, Justice, Want

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"If you do an interview in 1960, something it's bound to change by the year 2000. And if it doesn't, then there's something drastically wrong."

"If you do an interview in 1960, something it's bound to change by the year 2000. And if it doesn't, then there's something drastically wrong."

John Hurt, British Actor

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"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

Norman Vincent Peale, American Clergyman

Change, Thoughts, World

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"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts."

"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts."

Arnold Bennett, English Novelist

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"I'm communicating with the directors of the Soviet companies, and I see that it is wrong, but when I go to the official discussions, they discuss we should change the color of the walls."

"I'm communicating with the directors of the Soviet companies, and I see that it is wrong, but when I go to the official discussions, they discuss we should change the color of the walls."

Anatoly Chubais, Russian Politician

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"Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think."

"Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

Change, Power, Peace, Thinking

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"I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out."

"I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out."

David Sedaris, American Writer

Change, People, Idea

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"Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events."

"Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events."

Brian Ferneyhough, British Composer

Change, Events, Result, Sea

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"I'm very strict with my packing and have everything in its right place. I never change a rule. I hardly use anything in the hotel room. I wheel my own wardrobe in and that's it."

"I'm very strict with my packing and have everything in its right place. I never change a rule. I hardly use anything in the hotel room. I wheel my own wardrobe in and that's it."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

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"There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics."

"There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics."

Paul Wellstone, American Politician

Change, Politics, Policy, Public

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"That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy."

"That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy."

Freda Adler, American Educator

Change, Heart, Conformity, Contradiction

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"I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image."

"I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

Change, People, Perception, Perceptions

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"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty."

"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty."

Jessica Mitford, American Journalist

Change, May, World

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"There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place."

"There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Change, Comfort, Traveling

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"Don't manage - lead change before you have to."

"Don't manage - lead change before you have to."

Jack Welch, American Businessman

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"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."

"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

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"Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can."

"Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can."

Joy Page, American Actress

Change, Circumstances, Focus

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"You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself."

"You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself."

Joy Page, American Actress

Change, Experience, Life, Circumstances

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"In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars."

"In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Change, History, Nature, Religion

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"Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while."

"Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while."

Jack Welch, American Businessman

Change, Strength, Company, Confusion

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"Change brings opportunity."

"Change brings opportunity."

Nido Qubein, American Businessman

Change, Opportunity

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"The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road."

"The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road."

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American Author

Change, Day, Road

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"You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone."

"You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone."

Peggy Noonan, American Writer

Change, America, Old, World

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"I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people."

"I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people."

John Lennon, English Musician

Change, Life, People

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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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"I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change."

"I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change."

Lionel Hampton, American Musician

25

"I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great."

"I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great."

Isaac Watts, English Politician

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"An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army."

"An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army."

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Soldier

Change, Men, Army, Man

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"In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."

"In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Change, Earth, World

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"Time travel may be achieved one day, or it may not. But if it is, it should not require any fundamental change in world-view, at least for those who broadly share the world view I am presenting in this book."

"Time travel may be achieved one day, or it may not. But if it is, it should not require any fundamental change in world-view, at least for those who broadly share the world view I am presenting in this book."

David Deutsch, American Scientist

Change, Time, Travel, Day

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"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."

"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."

Carl Rogers, American Psychologist

Change, Paradox

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"Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal."

"Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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