George Eliot Quotes
Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.
Quotes to Explore
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Through every victory and every setback, I've insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn't meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.
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I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.
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Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with.
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I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.
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The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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The fundamental vision hasn't changed. What does change is how you get there, because there are still problems you have to figure out.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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I created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.
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Fitness is important, but the most important thing is how you adapt and the way you feel physically. To adapt to a new position. To try to change your game.
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If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then.
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Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.
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I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.
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I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.
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The threat to Russia isn't liberal Europe or America. It is nonliberal Islam and nonliberal China. Russia has to change. It can't be otherwise. It will take time. You have to be patient.
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I didn't invent satire. I didn't come up with it. And it will continue to be a very powerful tool to disrupt political taboos and social taboos and religious taboos, because those taboos are always used to control and to curb people's way of creativity and thinking, by making them feel guilty because they want to make a change.
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We have to change the way people look at scientists. Today, they are the nerds, the geeks. Instead, we want some of the cool kids to say, 'Hey, this is all right.'
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The art of storytelling is in development, not fact sheets. There are posts you have to hammer into the ground from the start just to get going, but if they don't hold up the house you build, you can change them or take them out.
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One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
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Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.
