Significant Change Quotes

• There are some very significant changes in the way the fluids are distributed in our body, the way our heart functions initially, and as well as our bone and muscle.

  Laurel Clark

  Heart, Body, Way

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• We do not always appreciate the role the Queen has played in one of the most significant changes in the past 60 years: the transformation of Britain into a multi-ethnic, multi-faith society. No one does interfaith better than the Royal family, and it starts with the Queen herself.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Queens, Past, Years

  "The Queen’s Multi-faith Society" by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.

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• I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.

  Tracy Chapman

  Opportunity, Thinking, People

  "Tracy Chapman Comes Out of Her Shell / Publicity-shy singer-songwriter wants people to hear 'Telling Stories'" by Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. April 16, 2000.

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• In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one.

  Andrzej Wajda

  Strong, Motivation, Focus

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• One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition from the communist economy to capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding.

  Andrzej Wajda

  Change, Transition, Might

  "'Why Not Have Our Own World?'". Interview with Renata Murawska, sensesofcinema.com. July 2005.

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• The current market ecosystem is not sustainable, and significant changes are coming one way or another.

  John Ramsay

  Ecosystems, Way, Currents

  "A former SEC director joined the dark pool from 'Flash Boys' and likened the stock market to the Death Star" by Portia Crowe, www.businessinsider.com. March 10, 2015.

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• Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth.

  Dennis Weaver

  Business, Doe, Earth

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• War, poverty, corruption, hunger, misery, human suffering will not change in a monetary system. That is, there will be very little significant change. It’s going to take the redesign of our culture and values.

  Jacque Fresco

  War, Suffering, Culture

  "Zeitgeist: Addendum". Documentary, History, War, www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• The best you can hope for in a relationship is to find someone whose flaws are the sort you don’t mind. It is futile to look for someone who has no flaws, or someone who is capable of significant change; that sort of person exists only in our imaginations.

  Scott Adams

  Relationship, Imagination, Mind

  Scott Adams (2004). “God's Debris: A Thought Experiment”, p.112, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or the will to enforce significant change.

  J. G. Ballard

  Retirement, Mean, Age

  "Age of unreason". Interview With Jeannette Baxter, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2004.

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• Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

  Pat Riley

  Change, Sports, Promotion

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• Human beings are tool-making animals. Since the prehistoric era, we have created and used a wide variety of objects. But now a significant change is about to occur. In the near future, we will simply become another object that can be monitored, tracked and controlled within a vast machine.

  John Twelve Hawks

  Animal, Eras, Tools

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• One of the most dynamic and significant changes you can make in your life is to make the commitment to drop all negative references to your past, to begin living now.

  Richard Carlson

  Commitment, Past, Negative

  Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Worry, Make Money: Spiritual and Practical Ways to Create Abundance and More Fun in Your Life”, Hyperion Books

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• As I saw it, all my mother's life, my father held her down, like lead strapped to her ankles. She was buoyant by nature; she wanted to travel, go to the theater, go to museums. What he wanted was to lie on the couch with the Times over his face, so that death, when it came, wouldn't seem a significant change.

  Louise Glück

  Mother, Lying, Father

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• There needs to be a shift in consciousness; there needs to be an absolute wake-up call before society can actually make the kind of incredibly significant changes that need to happen.

  Annie Lennox

  Motivation, Society, Needs

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• The most significant change in a person's life is a change of attitude. Right attitudes produce right actions.

  William J. Johnston

  Change, Attitude, Moving Forward

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• I think it is fair to say that it is under a great deal of stress, and if I am asking for significant changes, it is because the world is going through significant changes.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Stress, Thinking, Asking

  "Curbing Nuclear Proliferation: An Interview with Mohamed ElBaradei". Interview with Miles Pomper and Paul Kerr, www.armscontrol.org. October 21, 2003.

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• Cereal production in the rain-fed areas still remains relatively unaffected by the impact of the green revolution, but significant change and progress are now becoming evident in several countries

  Norman Borlaug

  Country, Rain, Cereal

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• We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning.

  Raul Grijalva

  Country, Two, Immigration

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• The one significant change is in fact the second significant change

  Jonathan Pearce

  Facts, Significant

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• More people more accepting of civil unions and gay marriage, which our pollster said was the most significant change they've seen on any social issue. So, this country is changing in a way.

  Norah O'Donnell

  Country, Gay, Issues

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• After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it's worse than ever.

  Quincy Jones

  Country, War, Home

  Los Angeles Times interview, articles.latimes.com. April 18, 1997.

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• The underlying principles of sound investment should not alter from decade to decade, but the application of these principles must be adapted to significant changes in the financial mechanisms and climate.

  Benjamin Graham

  Intelligent, Sound, Climate

  Benjamin Graham (2009). “The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed”, p.4, Harper Collins

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• Fundamental renegotiation is very, very unlikely to produce any significant change

  Vince Cable

  Fundamentals, Unlikely, Produce

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• Our culture teaches us that making significant changes takes a long time and is difficult to do. This is simply NOT true. Change happens in an instant. It is not a process - it is something you do in an instant by simply making a decision.

  Tony Robbins

  Long, Decision, Culture

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