- Need
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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
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've heard people say South Africans are arrogant, that they act no differently from their colonial masters. That needs to change. It's in your business interest as an entrepreneur to form meaningful partnerships. That's how you do well for your shareholders.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Hollywood, nobody knows how much everyone is making. It's all very hidden, and it's hard to change those things.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Murder is about power and the more powerful women get the more it will change the good that they do and the bad that they do.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among the laundry list of threats to our world, climate change more often than not makes these challenges worse.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Including women in climate policy and solutions can enhance the results, leading to more economic growth and sustainable outcomes. However, we cannot take for granted that gender equality and women's empowerment in the field of climate change and sustainable development will happen automatically.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
All action to address climate change is an inseparable and integrated part of the whole plan, and the leadership and commitment of all governments remains central to success.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
We will need to reach out to all those actors - to governments, to civil societies, to businesses - and help in mobilizing them to help in this fight against climate change.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, climate change is really about the wellbeing of people. It is not a very vague concept or a vague problem that is out of our everyday lives. It is actually affecting our everyday lives, and this is the fundamental fact that everybody should keep in mind while working toward a low-carbon society.
- Simple
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who have grown up in a world where this was not a concern and suddenly start hearing about climate change - it's very difficult. It's a very, very abstract concept. So we need to work on making it very educational and very, very clear, in very simple terms.
- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The impacts of climate change are not going to get better; they are going to get worse.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Paris Agreement is, in fact, a historic one because it marks the culmination of a phase of very long, drawn-out negotiations involving more than 190 countries. Why is it historic? Because it shows the way for our societies to change from the ground up, to create an economy that only depends on fossil fuels to a very slight degree.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020