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“On all levels, women were changing the politics, practices, and image of the Young Lords...Among the most important activities spearheaded by women in the Young Lords were reproductive rights campaigns. We demanded access to birth control options, safe and legal abortions; an end to sterilization and experimentation on our bodies; and access to affordable and quality health care.”
Iris Morales (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The feature that we talked about before, "organic collision deformation", means that while you are fighting, the field you are on is actually the colossus itself. Because it is a sort of living being, it's constantly moving and changing. You can't stand still on the field, you have to keep moving.”
Kenji Kaido (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wish that every kid was fortunate enough to have parents who could teach them the skills that they will need, but I’m not sure that the parents even have that, because things are changing so fast.”
“There has been one constant, as far back as we can understand: The world is always changing.”
Adrienne Maree Brown (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had trouble accepting my being a woman, my changing body. I've always hid under loose clothing, and I still do some of it. From the outside, it is not perceived, the television returns something else and I avoid putting the oversized sweatshirt in public. However, I have always had a tendency to want to hide rather than show.”
Paola Di Benedetto (born 1995) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The details will keep changing as we learn how best to decarbonize equitably and mobilize the American people-our hands, our creativity, our resources-to remake our economy, while caring for one another every step of the way. But no matter what we encounter in the weeds of policy blueprints and implementation, the vision of the Green New Deal provides the compass we'll need.”
Rhiana Gunn-Wright (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not easy even with consciousness to discard the environmental trappings that accompany most art forms. Most of us still expect to see classical musicians in white blouses and long black skirts-but we are changing and growing.”
Pat Parker (1944–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know I have dreamt this dream: Jews and Arabs moving in unison, dispossessing the warriors, building new villages on the sites of the old, changing the face of the land, the shape of history, the look of the future.”
Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Listening to, analyzing, creating, and disseminating stories, and doing so with courage, keenness, skill, and cunning, with the clear purpose of changing human consciousness in the direction of choosing justice-this is what organizing is all about. ("The Power of Story")”
Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The trans community has allowed, we have allowed the gay and lesbian community to speak for us. Times are changing. Our armies are rising and we are getting stronger.”
Sylvia Rivera (1951–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I definitely take note of that changing global strategic environment where we have aggressors trying to make their mark against the allied nations, and what we need to continue to do, and will continue to do, is to be unified”
Anita Anand (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The current policy will remain in place and we will continue to look at this emerging threat environment – what do we need to continue to do from a defense perspective in light of changing global circumstances”
Anita Anand (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Research published this month into OECD countries shows the poor gamble away a larger proportion of their income than the better off. Inevitably the temptations are greater when a £4,000 jackpot feels life-changing to someone on the minimum wage. So countries with more poor people - like the UK - are likely to gamble more. Britain is already the fifth highest gambler among developed nations.”
Polly Toynbee (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“TERF stands for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. But lately the definition has expanded to include any woman worried that permitting men who "self-identify" as female to enter women’s changing rooms or refuges unchallenged makes her less safe.”
Janice Turner (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It never happens," women were told when they worried that losing sex-segregated private spaces might allow attacks by predatory men. Yet, as FoI [Freedom of Information] requests by The Sunday Times last week showed, 90 per cent of sexual assaults in leisure centres are committed in gender-neutral changing rooms and only a tenth in single-sex facilities. It happens.”
Janice Turner (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That is merely changing the playing field to suit the moment and the strong feeling is that from the participants and from the Committee deliberations, is that the Bill needs to go back to the drawing board with proper consultation of the stakeholders as a whole, the health professionals themselves plus the public”
Nicola Watson (born 1955) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Health Services Bill seeks to clamp down on health professionals says Watson,9 June 2022
“To not worry so much about the things I couldn’t control and to focus on changing the things that I could control. This attitude would have saved me many sleepless nights and lots of angst.”
Funke Abimbola wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fifty years ago, it was utopian to dream of an eight-hour working day, as it is still a utopia to dream of a limitation of working hours in proletarian housekeeping. But utopias are invented to be realized, and as long as there is no demand for an improvement of living conditions, changing things is impossible.”
Milly Witkop (1877–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I plan to own the biggest fashion store in Africa, to empower the youth by creating different life changing opportunities for them. I also plan to create a shelter to care for the old in the future. I am planning on introducing my Jeans line, Laura Ikeji Jeans and 2018 is not over yet.”
Laura Ikeji (born 1988) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Laura talk about her dream fashion store in 2018
“Mentoring by role models will go a long way in changing these dynamics.”
Itunu Hotonu (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Skills are important, but as a Rwandan, i think we can testify about the importance and power of leadership in empowering women to be continually prepared for an increasingly changing and dynamic work environment.”
Diane Karusisi (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fame is just another thing you have to deal with. My life has changed in the last year and it’s still changing, but I’m just concentrating on what I do every day. The rest doesn’t bother me.”
Alexia Putellas (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I grew up thinking that I would be a social worker. I think I got my inspiration from my mother. My dream kept on growing to the extent of applying for social studies during my senior six, but unfortunately things kept changing due to many circumstances.”
Stella Ford Mugabo (born 1962) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Q&A: Stella Ford Mugabo: Building Rwanda’s capacity The NewTimes, (June 20, 2012)
“When people talk about changing a country, they’re talking about the beneficiaries.”
Aloisea Inyumba (1964–2012) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks by Aloisea Inyumba, 2002 www.inclusivesecurity.org (December 7, 2012)
“When people talk about changing a country, they’re talking about the beneficiaries. And who are the beneficiaries? The women. We can’t just have peace delivered to us on a plate; we have to be active participants. The message today in our country is this: women have to be agents of peace. Much as we want to benefit from this process, we also want to be a part of it.”
Aloisea Inyumba (1964–2012) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks by Aloisea Inyumba, 2002 www.inclusivesecurity.org (December 7, 2012)
“As a child there were hardly any cartoons that were representative of my culture and I want to be part of changing that for the children growing up today,”
Akaliza Keza Gara first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: , Shaking Sun’s Akaliza Keza Gara on using tech to tell African stories (April 23, 2014)
“What the government proposes is a radical rewriting of our understanding of identity: now it’s a question of an internal essence — a soul, if you will. Being a woman or a man is now entirely in your head. In this climate, who would challenge someone with a beard exposing their penis in a women’s changing room?”
Helen Lewis (journalist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Chinese government puts the people and their life first. We have been improving the COVID response measures in light of the changing circumstances. We will continue to adopt a science-based and targeted approach and effectively coordinate epidemic response and socioeconomic development.”
Mao Ning (diplomat) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The work of public relations in architecture cannot be overemphasized in this ever-changing global space. People need to see what work is done and how great the work is.”
Tosin Oshinowo first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Architectural space (23 September 2018)
“I see myself and my identity as nonstatic. I see myself as a frontier, and I see my limits as limitless. Somebody once accused me of being a leftist radical feminist, West Coast, Pacific Rim, socialist, neo-Classical, Chinese American poet. And I say, "Oh yes, I am all of those things." Why not? I don't believe in static identities. I believe that identities are forever changing.”
Marilyn Chin (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From Athens’ ‘Thirty Tyrants’ to the rise of Hitler, democracy always failed “from inside”. The shift towards authoritarianism was favored by: 1) rapidly changing contexts; 2) inept rulers; and 3) weak institutions".”
Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Building community is both a legacy and a responsibility. As a storyteller, listener, recorder, and amateur theorist, I am reminded of a passage in Eudora Welty's Becoming a Writer: "Each of us is moving, changing, and with respect to others. As we discover, we remember; remembering, we discover; and most intensely do we experience this when our separate journeys converge.”
Vicki L. Ruiz (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In our contemporary world, states can no longer be conventionally divided in blocks because the reactions following different interests lead to changing the alliances and the opposite parts on different topics or subjects. On one hand, it is a reflex of the contemporary world democratization, but also of the governments’ pragmatism forced to respond to the needs of their own citizens.”
Emil Constantinescu (born 1939) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cultural Diplomacy: Peace and Progress through Understanding the Other" (5 May 2010)
“I do feel like changing your aesthetic can be therapeutic in a weird way. I mean, it’s odd to even say that out loud because your aesthetic is superficial in so many ways, but it can also affect the way you feel. I mean, I know for a fact that when I cut my hair shorter two years ago, it was almost like I was cutting off old energy.”
Nina Dobrev (born 1989) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ruby Rose Interviews Nina Dobrev About Mental Health, Dieting, and Saying No" (5 March 2020)
“Hard workers take on the responsibility of changing their lives.”
Mamokgethi Phakeng (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I described the covenant service as a “Life Changing Fellowship” urged the university community to keep faith with God and remain focused and read the path of growth and progress.”
Comfort Ekpo (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People will look at this and see hope. It is about changing perceptions of what a professor looks like and creating role models for future generations.”
Uduak Archibong (born 1950) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Uduak Archibong speak on Portraits of UK Black Female Professors in 2020.
“Agricultural revolution has a way of restoring the dignity of the Black race, and good meal has a way of changing our health. So, charity must begin from home just as we need to go commercial and not just teaching alone. That is our aim, and we are gradually getting there. Very shortly, we shall become the food basket of the nation.”
Aize Obayan (1960–2019) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Prof Obasan speak on agrarian revolution in 2016.
“Attitudes are changing, but there are still pockets in academia that definitely see having children and a successful career as incompatible.”
Patricia Kingori wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want my music to make a difference by changing somebody’s opinion about life”
Achieng Abura (1953–2016) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tribute Paid to Kenyan Singer and Social Justice AdvocateArtMatters.Info(December 22, 2016)
“When we understand our histories and we can process the traumas that might have been passed down through the generations, we can better face these issues and also begin to heal as individuals and families. And, if you're a writer or an artist, you might find yourself with a life-changing project on your hands that is both enlightening and empowering.”
Rudy Ruiz first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Latinx in Publishing, November 30th, 2022
“The last three years at Telkom have been intense, challenging, rewarding - overall an incredible and life-changing experience.”
Miriam Altman first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Miriam Altman quits Telkom as Head of Strategy. 2016
“We’re living in a time where changing technology challenges us to stay relevant almost on a daily basis.”
Ingrid Andersen (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need to enhance our economic growth by investing in agriculture... it is in this way that we shall be able to feed our populations and be resilient to shocks caused by changing global food prices.”
Agnes Kalibata wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Information alone isn’t enough. Information needs execution – without that you’re not changing anyone’s life.”
Jamila Abbas (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changing an industry requires a willingness to take risks and challenge the status quo.”
Arjun Sharda (born 2011) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Arjun Sharda's interview with the Authority Magazine",(May 29, 2023)
“We went to them and say why aren’t you changing our menu they said we should be glad we are still here because our FA hasn’t paid for the food and accommodation. Few of us had to bring our card and pay for accommodation and then went and rented minivans to stay in camp. It shows the desire we had.”
Jay-Jay Okocha (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life is dynamic, things are changing. Money in football was different from what we have now.”
Garba Lawal (born 1974) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fans’ criticisms didn’t bother me while I was in Eagles – Lawal Punch (Nigeria), 16 February 2020
“This is the next step I'm taking as I continue changing the Conservative Party. Our policy agenda has changed. We have dumped the net zero targets bankrupting the UK, and we’re leaving the ECHR so we can finally deport those who come to our country illegally.”
Kemi Badenoch (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Generally, a revolution isn't enough. For me, it's changing one chaos for another. The important thing is to know that which from this moment is to be constructed.”
Raquel Jodorowsky (1927–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source