- Sex
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- Nov 07, 2020
Change Quotes
On growth, risk and embracing change.
These quotes weigh change from different sides: the risk of a compromised security key, the weight of scientific change on a global scale, and a simple wish to leave things somewhat better than they were found. For more, see our Change The World quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people want to change the law, they should vote so that we can appoint pro-life judges. I believe the law should be changed.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had just gotten to the point when I could have bought any car I wanted to in America. I even looked at a Hummer. But one day I woke up and realized, how can I talk the talk without walking the walk? If you can feel good about not contributing to global change, then all the power to you, but I couldn't.
- Treat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've yet to meet a writer who could change water into wine, and we have a tendency to treat them like that.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people will deny anything that displeases or scares them: unusual pain in their chests, unwanted lumps beneath their skin, or the fact that humans share ancestry with apes are a few examples. Another is climate change.
- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best way to deal with climate change has been obvious for years: cut greenhouse-gas emissions severely. We haven't done that. In 2010, for example, carbon emissions rose by six per cent - the largest such increase on record.
- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most reputable scientists agree that climate change is real and that the effects are likely to be bad. But nobody can say for sure exactly what 'bad' means. The safest and most equitable way out of this horrific mess is simple: cut fossil-fuel emissions.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Deliberately modifying the earth's atmosphere would be a desperate gamble with significant risks. Yet the more likely climate change is to cause devastation, the more attractive even the most perilous attempts to mitigate those changes will become.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most blatant forms of denialism are rarely malevolent; they combine decency, a fear of change, and the misguided desire to do good - for our health, our families, and the world. That is why so many physicians dismiss the idea that a patient's race can, and often should, be used as a tool for better diagnoses and treatment.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
On their own, tariff and trade barriers, if viewed as transitory negotiating tactics, will not significantly change global investment patterns or the structure of global supply chains and employment.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see film as a real opportunity to examine the human condition. No matter where the technology goes in the future, the basics don't change. Storytelling is a primitive tribal function. The elders sat around the fires and told these stories as a way to pass on the 'dos' and the 'don'ts.' That will never change.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
What the guys have learned is that whether you're preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn't matter. That one person you touch may change the nation - could be the Billy Graham of Ethiopia.
- Nov 07, 2020
I write entertainment. There are some books you read but don't inhale. There are books that will change your life.
- Nov 07, 2020
There will always be haters. Small heroes can change society every day. It just takes time.
- Nov 07, 2020
The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.
- Continuity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020