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" Be greedy for social change, and your life will be endlessly enriched. The only failure lies in not trying, or giving up. "

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" I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity. "

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" If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. "

" Everything has yet to be invented. I never say 'green' - I say 'greener.' It's greener simply because this is a continuum of change, improvement and discovery. "

" Social change comes through people. "

" You can't change the world; you can't fix the whole environment. But you can recycle. You can turn the water off when you're brushing your teeth. You can do small things. "

" Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best. "

" Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning. "

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" No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it's government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission. "

" The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "

" Caste is a delicate issue. It's ubiquitous, and we are full of it. We should start to change things from individual level. But when you go to people and deny caste, they may not react favourably. I think if a decisive percentage of people, especially elites, start marrying out of their caste, we may see a casteless India in a generation's time. "

" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. "

William Arthur Ward

" I realized that my truest passion was for helping people change through faith in a higher power. That meant, for me, belonging to the church. Using my abilities to bring Christian doctrine to a postmodern world. "

James McGreevey

" Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances. "

" Wind and other clean, renewable energy will help end our reliance on fossil fuels and combat the severe threat that climate change poses to humans and wildlife alike. "

Frances Beinecke

" Epigenetics doesn't change the genetic code, it changes how that's read. Perfectly normal genes can result in cancer or death. Vice-versa, in the right environment, mutant genes won't be expressed. Genes are equivalent to blueprints; epigenetics is the contractor. They change the assembly, the structure. "

" No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal. "

Marilyn Ferguson

" I like change. I've never really had much consistency in my life, you know, from everyday work to my living situation to whether or not I'm going to be in L.A. The one constant thing in my life is my friends and family, which is all I need. "

Mary-Kate Olsen

" If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience. "

" There is nothing permanent except change. "

" Climate change is the greatest threat to humanity, perhaps ever. Global temperatures are rising at an unprecedented rate, causing drought and forest fires and impacting human health. "

" When a marriage founders, this may well be cause for tremendous sadness, but it's not a failure of spirit or character. People change, their goals and dreams alter, their ideas of themselves grow, or they just meet someone they like better. "

" Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands. "

" Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator. "

" As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions. "

" To me, the #1 key to success is 'creating lasting positive change in yourself and others.' That is what is most rare, most difficult, and most valuable about leading people. "

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" Change and growth is so painful. But it's so necessary for us to evolve. "

Sarah McLachlan

" If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news? "

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" Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it. "

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" A great way to get all the right nutrients is to make a colorful plate - mix of good vegetables, carbohydrates, and protein. If you notice all your vegetables are green, change it up and add another color for a variety of benefits in one meal. "