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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
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of time and the rate of change.
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of years to millennia. With the emergence of science as a way of knowing the universe, the rate of change shifted to centuries.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't change the world alone - you will need some help - and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues, the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't done much rereading or rewatching stuff I've written over the years, but I did look at 'Misery' before I started the play. I liked it. Not much I would change.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody in this society that has been lurching toward socialism and collectivism for 40 years has their hand out. And the propensity of Congress is to spend, spend, elect, elect. That hasn't changed, and it isn't going to change for a long time.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Broken-windows enforcement is really about controlling behavior to such an extent you change it: If you deal with the little things, you can keep them from going into the big things. Zero tolerance implies zealotry. It's oppressive. And it's not achievable. You're never going to be in a position to eliminate all crime.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.
- Pessimist
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- Nov 07, 2020