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• We need to conceive of ourselves as "agents" impelled by self-generated intentions.

  Jerome Bruner

  Self, Needs, Intention

  Jerome S. Bruner (1996). “The Culture of Education”, p.16, Harvard University Press

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• The person in peak-experiences feels himself, more than other times, to be the responsible, active, creating center of his activities and of his perceptions. He feels more like a prime-mover, more self-determined (rather than caused, determined, helpless, dependent, passive, weak, bossed). He feels himself to be his own boss, fully responsible, fully volitional, with more "free-will" than at other times, master of his fate, an agent.

  Abraham Maslow

  Fate, Creating, Agency

  Abraham Harold Maslow (1999). “Toward a psychology of being”, Wiley

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• I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'

  Kate Mara

  Broadway, Want, Stuff

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard work, risk, and fear.

  Sue Grafton

  Pain, Hard Work, Writing

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• If you want to be an agent of change, it starts with you and what you're made of.

  Michael J. Fox

  Want, Made, Ifs

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• Resistance is never the agent of change. You have to embrace the actions that are going to get you closer to your goal.

  Ali Vincent

  Goal, Resistance, Action

  Ali VIncent (2010). “Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”, p.128, Rodale

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• The Church is where it is today because it has decided that the advertising agents know better than the Holy Spirit of God.

  Alistair Begg

  Church, Today, Spirit

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• It's important to underscore this overriding fact: women are not just victims of conflict-they are agents of peace and agents of change.

  Hillary Clinton

  Important, Facts, Conflict

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• To survive and succeed, every organization will have to turn itself into a change agent

  Peter Drucker

  Organization, Succeed, Turns

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Managing in the Next Society”, p.295, Routledge

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• Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope... Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition.

  Kofi Annan

  Girl, Bridges, Dams

  Kofi Atta Annan (1998). “The quotable Kofi Annan: selections from speeches and statements by the Secretary-General”, United Nations

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• A pinwheel also needs wind. And with our actions, and our intentions, we can be that wind. We have to be those agents of change for the young people and their families in our communities.

  Josh Charles

  Wind, People, Community

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• Be dispensers of God's grace, not controllers. Don't be the Holy Spirit's customs agents.

  Pope Francis

  Grace, Spirit, Holy

  "Pope, at rally in stadium, invites charismatics to Vatican in 2017". www.catholicnews.com. July 3, 2014.

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• You have to appreciate the spiritual component of having an opportunity to do something as wondrous as writing. You should be practical and smart and you should have a good agent and you should work really, really hard. But you should also be filled with awe and gratitude about this amazing way to be in the world.

  Susan Orlean

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Smart

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• If purpose, then, is inherent in art, so is it in Nature also. The best illustration is the case of a man being his own physician, for Nature is like that - agent and patient at once.

  Aristotle

  Art, Nature, Men

  Aristotle (1960). “Aristotle, the Physics”

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• Devotion is not a concept, not a certain kind of ideology, not a certain kind of act, it is the agent of dissolution.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Divinity, Kind

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• We have only to see a few letters of the alphabet spelling our name in the sand to recognize at once the work of an intelligent agent. How much more likely, then is the existence of an intelligent Creator behind human DNA, the colossal biological database that contains no fewer than 3.5 billion "letters the longest "word" yet discovered?"

  John Lennox

  God, Intelligent, Names

  John C. Lennox (2011). “God and Stephen Hawking: Whose Design is it Anyway?”, p.74, Lion Books

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• Let us be renewed by God's mercy ... and let us become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth, protect all creation and make justice and peace flourish.

  Pope Francis

  Justice, Water, Earth

  Pope Francis, McDonagh, Sean (2016). “On Care for Our Common Home, Laudato Si': The Encyclical of Pope Francis on the Environment”, p.11

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• It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

  Mark Rydell

  Interesting, Directors, Actors

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• Faithful parents can invite the power of heaven to influence their children. Nevertheless, those children remain agents unto themselves, and the choice to repent or not ultimately is theirs.

  David A. Bednar

  Children, Choices, Parent

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• Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace.

  Kofi Annan

  Keys, People, Innovation

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• Do you want to come climb the transformationa l leadership mountain with me? Your first step begins with DESIRE. Do you want to make a difference in the lives of others? If your answer is yes, you can be that agent of change you wish to see around the world!

  John C. Maxwell

  Differences, Yes You Can, Mountain

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• Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.

  Bruce D. Perry

  Powerful, Therapy, Humans

  "The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing". Book by Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavit, 2006.

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• I think Mulder is the worst FBI agent in the world. He spends millions of dollars investigating these paranormal phenomena and never comes up with any evidence. He's the Kenneth Starr of the FBI.

  David Duchovny

  Thinking, Fbi Agents, Dollars

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• At one point, Lucille's agent wanted to have me fired, telling her that my eyes were bigger than hers. When I head this, I told her that if I had her looks and talent, I'd keep me and fire the agent!

  Vivian Vance

  Eye, Fire, Looks

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• Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Drama, School, College

  "Talking With Chiwetel Ejiofor". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 1, 2008.

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