- Life
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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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love 'Jack' as one of my creations and would never want to change it from what it was supposed to be. There was no reason to reinvent.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The really interesting moment will be when you have a critical mass of people engaging through the networks, more than through the press and TV. When that happens, the culture of politics has to change, moving away from controlled one-way messages towards a political culture that is more questioning.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much fear of upsetting business. Basically, New Labour was very nervous about regulating business, or requiring it to do anything, even when there was a very clear social or environmental case for doing so.
- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest barrier to dealing with climate change is us: our own attachment to habits that are hard to shift, and our great ability to park or ignore uncomfortable choices.
- Disillusioned
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people leave government disillusioned about its ability to achieve change and cynical about politicians. I left with rather opposite lessons.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
How is it we could have a system where schools could remain lousy for 50 years and yet you do exactly the same thing this year that they did 50 years ago when it didn't work then, and no one feels any pressure to change?
- Reflection
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- Nov 07, 2020
Change comes from reflection.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
Change is not a linear process; it's an all-encompassing process, and it's alive in different ways.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, with TG, in our own ways, we have been committed to the idea of evolution on some level and change on some level - that human behaviour may not be changeable, but one has to try and be optimistic and work towards content that might signify change.
- Institutions
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- Nov 07, 2020