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" I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. "

Georg C. Lichtenberg

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" With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat? "

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" I mean, if you didn't get it or if you didn't feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change. "

" He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. "

" The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things. "

Georg C. Lichtenberg

" 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. "

" One thing I believe completely is that the human heart remains the human heart, no matter how our material circumstances change as we move together through time. "

Geraldine Brooks

" Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again. "

" It may be that there is no such thing as an equable motion, whereby time may be accurately measured. All motions may be accelerated or retarded, but the true, or equable, progress of absolute time is liable to no change. "

" One of my greatest fears is not being able to change, to be caught in a never-ending cycle of sameness. Growth is so important. "

" There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline. "

" There are always people who are into the old way of doing things. I don't think it's a bad thing necessarily, but things change - nothing stays the same. If you can stay true to yourself, you're always going to be legendary. "

" Time is something that interests me a whole lot - past and present, and how the past appears as people change. "

" CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally... Changing that pattern requires a scope, a scale, a speed of change that is beyond what we have done in the past. "

" You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. "

" We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it. "

" People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you've done up to now. "

" People think that you have to do something huge, like go to Africa and build a school, but you can make a small change in a day. If you change Wednesday, then you change Thursday. Pretty soon it's a week, then a month, then a year. It's bite-size, as opposed to feeling like you have to turn your life inside out to make changes. "

" They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. "

" I feel proud of my journey. I wouldn't change it. "

" There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty. "

" Nature, philosophy and social issues are the three things that always occupy my mind. You do not have any power over others but can only change yourself. "

" It is important that we work toward a better future. You can make a difference. Don't listen to people who say you are unqualified, you can start a change and see it through. "

" Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better. "

Sydney J. Harris

" I see the most change in my body through exercise. They say diet determines your weight, and exercise determines your shape - I find that to be a pretty true statement. When I'm doing a lot of boxing, my hamstrings are really strong and my biceps. When I'm doing a lot of Pilates, I find that my core is really lean and my inner thighs. "

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" Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at? "

" Voting is the only way to make change in a democracy. "

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" Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep. "

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" You can change friends but not neighbours. "

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