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“If stories are how we formulate reality—how we make sense of our experience here—but they all follow the same outline, then by changing the form, I’m modeling that you can create a reality radically different from the one you exist under.”
Ja'Tovia Gary (born 1984) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Restoration and Repair: A Conversation with Ja’Tovia Gary, April 22 2026
“South Africa is confounding in that there is legal equality – up to and including same-sex marriage (my partner and I are married, something I don’t think either of us are comfortable with, but hey, contracts are useful), but there is still terrible violence on the ground – even though attitudes are changing.”
Mark Gevisser (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm grateful as hell to be a part of this generation of female rappers because it's so collaborative.... Female rappers are collabing more than competing. I feel like we're changing the whole game.”
“And I have always managed to come up with something very original, changing my look every six weeks. Even three years ago, the major cosmetic companies were totally unprepared for the black woman. Not only her face, but her body as well.”
Naomi Sims (1948–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Moreover, from my work experience, I have realized that things in the industry are changing and it’s becoming more inclusive.”
Cindy Bruna (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Champions were changing every year and no one was running particularly fast so I figured I can still compete with these guys. Every year that went badly there was always a reason, an injury, being out of shape, there was always an excuse to keep me thinking, ‘well next year, if this and that don’t happen then I’ll be back to where I was.”
Félix Sánchez (hurdler) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mentally (working with De Villiers) was life-changing,”
Lutho Sipamla (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's an amazing challenge: they're changing the way Test cricket is being played, and we get a chance to play against them. It's pretty cool.”
Andrew Balbirnie (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wasn't necessarily playing - more running the drinks up and down from the changing rooms, and taking lads”
Andrew Balbirnie (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: We know England are going to come at us. They're changing the way Test cricket is played,May 2023, Cricinfo by Matt Roller
“The biggest regret I have is running the ’84 Olympics. I was too young, so inexperienced, and being whisked to Great Britain, and all the politics. It was a life-changing experience, being blamed for apartheid, the political situation in South Africa, the stress on our family, everything.”
“I mean, just having this little person that loves you no matter what. Her little gummy smile; just watching her learn and grow is really exciting. You know people say you don’t know love until you have a kid and you think you do but it’s so 100 percent true. I thought I knew what it was but I had no idea. She’s the best part of my day every day and it’s just really life changing.”
Masika Kalysha (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think sport is changing a bit in terms of age; it feels like if you're scoring runs now, you're scoring runs. [Jonathan] Trott came in quite late, [Michael] Hussey came in late.”
David Bedingham (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I remember we had to get changed on the bus as the changing rooms were only for white players.”
Chester Williams (1970–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I remember getting the bus to the fields and playing against the white players so we then had to get changed on the bus as the changing rooms were only for white players. The after-game functions were just for white people.”
Chester Williams (1970–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the whole concept of the foreign trip is one of the great rules the NCAA has. Since 1982 when Stanford University played in the Kirin World Games in Japan and was able to take that trip pretty much every four years, I’ve gone some place with my basketball team. The experiences those young men have are life changing.”
Bruce Pearl (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“New York to me was completely eye opening and life changing," Peeples says. "You have a city full of people from all around the world who are just living their life. There's art everywhere. It was my first experience of being in the big city, and I was only 18 years old. It was where I grew up, really.”
Erica Peeples wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Playing for the Jozi Stars in the MSL was a dream come true. Honestly it was an unbelievable learning curve and coach Justin [Sammons] and Neil McKenzie helped me a lot in my game and ever since that tournament my cricket definitely went forward. It was nice sharing the changing room with the likes of Chris Gayle, Dan Christian, Shoaib Malik and all the Proteas stars - I learned plenty from them.”
Jacques Snyman (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Things keep changing and things keep happening. I never really run out of ideas. I guess as long as I'm interested, I'll be interesting.”
Ellen Goodman (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mirth is a Proteus, changing its shape and manner with the thousand diversities of individual character, from the most superfluous gayety to the deepest, most earnest humor.”
Edwin Percy Whipple (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For my generation, Stockhausen's published lectures had unbelievable impact. He was the most hopeful of figures: the 21st century was going to be great. The classical teachers in my school, meanwhile, kept moaning about the good old days of music and changing the masses of music pupils into slave performers, putting to sleep any creative thought or the will to make new things.”
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Björk; As quoted in a web-article "Why I Love Stockhausen", published by the Guardian, 29 Oct. 2008.
“Enya never writes a bad melody. That's first and foremost her secret. As she goes along, she'll start changing the dynamics, pushing here and there so that not everything is perfectly in unison. It adds a texture you can acquire only from having different voices. The variations lead to interesting quirks. It's an integral part of the Enya sound.”
“Thus heavenly hope is all serene, But earthly hope, how bright soe'er, Still fluctuates o'er this changing scene, As false and fleeting as 't is fair.”
Reginald Heber (1783–1826) said by 1826 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Civilizations rose and fell; what caused them to be remembered was not their contribution to knowledge or culture, not even the size of their empires, but rather how much force they exerted upon the landscape. This was what survived them. A hundred billion lives had passed without leaving a mark since the Egyptians had raised their pyramids, changing the world not figuratively but literally.”
“Changing the patterns of inequality and injustice, which are still so embedded in South African society even 30 years later, is an ongoing project and a challenging one that requires perseverance, imagination, and commitment.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think one of the things that has ran through the people who have been in this court is a commitment to human rights; a commitment to changing things for the betterment of all South Africans.”
Kate O'Regan (born 1957) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: SA needs more women on the bench - Judge O'Regan 23rd June, 2009
“Love is a power, a mighty principle that exists in its own right independent of any individual. Man changes, but the principle of love does not and cannot. Love does not leave men and women. Men and women leave love.”
Barry Long (1926–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those who expect radical changes in policy and direction are mistaken and lost. The government of the fourth republic will build on what was undertaken by previous governments and will continue with all good things.”
Jakaya Kikwete (born 1950) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During his inauguration ceremony, 2005-12-21
“By just taking a breath you're moving into attention a little bit and so you get much less caught up in reactivity. A practical application of this in your life is, never say anything before you've taken one breath. It's a very simple practice--changes the dynamics of conversation with other people completely.”
Ken McLeod (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People believe themselves to be dependent on what happens to them for their happiness. They don't realize that what happens is the most unstable thing in the universe. It changes constantly. They look upon the present moment as either marred by something that has happened and shouldn't have or as deficient because of something that has not happened but should have.”
Eckhart Tolle (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now it is time to stand up and fight back.… There are no good crackers, and if you find one, kill him before he changes.”
Khalid Abdul Muhammad (1948–2001) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at , quoted in Chicago Sun-Times (30 January 1994) "Some like Muhammad's Boldness
“The whole trouble with a folk song is that once you have played it through there is nothing much you can do except play it over again and play it rather louder. Most Russian music, indeed, consists in ringing changes on this device, skilfully disguised though the fact may be.”
Constant Lambert (1905–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the crisis of 1940 our leaders continually reminded us of those resources in the past which can be drawn upon to fortify a nation at war. While plunging into a sea of changes, novelties and inventions, England resumed contact with her traditions and threw out ropes to the preceding generations, as though in time of danger it was a good thing not to lose touch with the rest of the convoy.”
Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The car is not a rabbit or a deer that jumps around in sweeping lines, but it is a man-made work of technology in need of an appropriate roadway. Rather, the car resembles a dragon fly or any other jumping animal that moves shorter distances in straight lines and then changes its direction at different points.”
Fritz Todt (1891–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Technologies of Landscape: From Reaping to Recycling" - by David E. Nye - Nature - 2000.
“Living in age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.”
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) first seen 1929 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Disillusioned", in The Balconinny, and Other Essays ([1929] 1969) p. 30.
“The appalling difficulty of examining the Time problem seems to me to be chiefly due to the fact that Time either changes into something else or quietly disappears from the examination room. Trying to keep it fixedly in view is like playing Wonderland croquet.”
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Start kind. Stay kind. It’s a simple rule that changes everything.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am dying to find a way to invest in both North Korea and Myanmar. The major changes in these two countries are among the most exciting things I see right now, looking to the future.”
Jim Rogers (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: 占·羅傑斯 (zh)
“Later this device of mirror and mirror-carriers will be developed and many changes rung from its possibilities.”
Peter Greenaway (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Real and major changes in religious or political power systems do not occur until substantial numbers of people realize the old systems are destructive, genocidal and beyond repair.”
David Lane (white nationalist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Understand once again that the time of changes of continents is approaching. Maitreya is coming, in the vanguard of science, addressing its new frontiers. All the problems of science and of the evolution of all that exists are of concern to the Teacher.”
Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When "this isn't right" changes to "this isn't optimal" in your vocabulary, you've moved up the food chain.”
David Allen (born 1945) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 9 February 2011
“Seeing a woman's child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her face looks to you, how her face becomes less the whole story.”
John Crowley (1942–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.”
Henry Moore (1898–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in: Eric Maisel, Ann Maisel (2010) Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions. p. 95
“While we recognize the occurrence of these natural, cyclical environmental trends, we can't say with assurance that man's activities cause weather changes. We can say, however, that any potential benefits of proposed emissions reduction policies are far outweighed by their economic costs.”
Sarah Palin (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When we talk of a resurgent Asia, people think of the great changes that have come about in Shanghai. I share this aspiration to transform Mumbai in the next five years in such a manner that people would forget about Shanghai and Mumbai will become a talking point.”
Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comparing Mumbai and Shanghai, as quoted in "Mumbai struggles to catch up with Shanghai", Asia Times (16 March 2005)
“Why are they [people] more likely to listen to people who tell them they can't make changes than they are to people who tell them they can?”
Donella Meadows (1941–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ideally there should not be a men’s movement but a gender transition movement; only the power of the women’s movement necessitates the temporary corrective of a men’s movement. And this creates a special challenge for men: There are few political movements filled with healthy people, yet few healthy changes have occurred without political movements.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This decade holds many changes for the United States, but the greatest needs regarding America's productivity in the 1990s, are better education and employee training.”
Gregory Balestrero (born 1947) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society for Integrated Manufacturing (1990). Manufacturing Review v.3 no.1-3 1990. p. 131.
“A fully integrated culture would be like the dinosaurs, which had to perish because they were no longer able to adapt themselves to changes in the external environment.”
Carroll Quigley (1910–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The system of particles always changes from an improbable to a probable state.”
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) said by 1906 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source