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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
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a gigantic generation gap in terms of how people understand the Internet and how much they think technology is an important factor in social change.
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
For carbon-neutral cities, there are things worth talking about in how our consumption patterns can change - sharing goods, etc. - but those are a fraction of the impacts of transportation and building energy use. If we need to choose priority actions, the most important things are to densify, provide transit, and green the buildings.
- Developing World
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- Nov 07, 2020
We get so little news about the developing world that we often forget that there are literally millions of people out there struggling to change things to be fairer, freer, more democratic, less corrupt.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea that we are going to be able to take our entire society as it currently works and simply change the source of energy and make it sustainable is not actually congruent with reality.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
We unfortunately already live on a planet where the climate has changed and will continue to change no matter what we do now. We're playing a game of making the problem less bad rather than preventing it.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Make no mistake: Tackling climate change is vital. But to see everything through the lens of short-term CO2 reductions, letting our obsession with carbon blind us to the bigger picture, is to court catastrophe.
- Bumper
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't change the world by hiding in the woods, wearing a hair shirt, or buying indulgences in the form of 'Save the Earth' bumper stickers. You do it by articulating a vision for the future and pursuing it with all the ingenuity humanity can muster.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no really rosy scenario ahead, where climate change just doesn't happen, but I believe we don't have the ethical right to throw our hands up in the air and say, 'Game over.' Whatever pathway we choose, our descendants will be dealing with that reality for centuries to come.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My life is what it is, and I can't change it. I can change the future, but I can't do anything about the past.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
After living in LA for 8 years, I sort of wanted a change, but there's not much production in New York, which is where I primarily live, so I just sort of drifted over to London.
- Clicks
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first joined with Murphy, I had to make a character change. I wasn't confident in myself about that at all, but I remember my mom telling me that once something clicks with me... I had to... come in and kick the door down and let everyone know who I am.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to constantly change and evolve because people get bored. Look at The Undertaker: he's evolved so many times.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
To force a change, sometimes you need to stand up. You know what you're worth - rather than what your employer is paying you.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's one of my biggest heroes. I also think Paul Newman's an inspiration. I know a lot of people say that, but I love that he's a great role model and a humanitarian. I admire people who don't necessarily want to change the world, but try to make it a better environment.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020