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“[Talking about gender transition) I want to say here, in clear and bold words to all humans out there who are going through similer experiences, and especially these of Ultra-Orthodox background: "You can Do It!!! It is not going to be easy, but it is way easier than not transitioning. When you start to see the changes, and feel more comfortable with your body, you wouldn't stop loving yourself.”
Abby Stein (born 1991) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On her blog, November 11, 2015.
“As though adding the word democratic in front of a word changes what it means. https://www.prageru.com/video/democratic-socialism-is-still-socialism/”
Steven Crowder (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If people adopted a plant-based diet, the changes we would see in our individual health, in our national health situation and in this physical, environmental world we live in, would be so profound!”
Michael Klaper (born 1947) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview in the documentary-film What the Health by Kip Andersen (2017).
“The devil may write textbooks of chemistry, for every few years the whole thing changes.”
Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848) first seen 1038 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848). Nature 162, 210 (1948) doi:10.1038/162210b0
“The law which asserts that the equation X = 0, complete or incomplete, can have no more real positive roots than it has changes of sign, and no more real negative roots than it has permanences of sign, was apparently known to Cardan; but a satisfactory statement is possibly due to Harriot (died 1621) and certainly to Descartes.”
David Eugene Smith (1860–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the restaurant, eyes / above a soup bowl's rim / Is it she? / Changes shape, is and is not. / Now she's spat out a bit of bone, / I don't think it's her, / I'm leaving, I'm done eating. / This is a long and mad journey: / I see her on the faces of others, my own.”
Mirkka Rekola (1931–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Social protest and even civil disobedience serve the law's need for growth. Ideally, reform would come according to reason and justice without self-help and disturbing, almost violent, forms of protest. … Still, candor compels one here again to acknowledge the gap between the ideal and the reality. Short of the millennium, sharp changes in the law depend partly upon the stimulus of protest.”
Archibald Cox (1912–2004) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Civil Rights, the Constitution, and the Courts (1967: Harvard University Press), pp. 22–23 (40 N.Y. State B.J. 161, 169 (1968)).
“Do you want to be what you are or do you want to be what continually changes what you are?”
Jordan Peterson (born 1962) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2017 Maps of Meaning 11: The Flood and the Tower
“From song to song, the album [Dirt] changes from glorifying drugs to being completely miserable and questioning what I thought once worked for me. By the end of the album, it's pretty obvious it didn't work out as well as I thought it would.”
Layne Staley (1967–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Redesigning the physical layout of a village is simpler than transforming its social and productive life. For obvious reasons, political elites–particularly authoritarian high-modernist elites–typically begin with the changes in the formal structure and rules.”
James C. Scott (1936–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A bird in the gusty wind Deftly changes directionA youth tries to pick up A pennyThe grapevine in fantasy Stretches its tentaclesThe Wave in retreat Arches its back.”
Gu Cheng (1956–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A drop of water freezes instantly - My seven years and seventy. All changes at a blow Springs of water welling from the fire.”
Kaso Sodon (born 1352) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had a lot of changes in my life since I turned 40. In fact, even since I turned 50. I became a vegetarian. I have never felt better in my life. I have more energy, I'm so much more alert. I lost 20 pounds, that's right! I really really recommend going vegetarian whatever time in your life. Peace begins on your plate. I'm Carol Leifer and I'm a vegan.”
Carol Leifer (born 1956) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Carol Leifer: Vegetarian Testimonial (Life After 40),” ad for PETA (13 July 2009).
“Full of great changes My three and fifty years have been. I commented on the holy writ - a heavy sin That echoes to the skies. Now I will sail on the lake of lotus blooms And break into the skies within the water.”
Tetsugen Doko (1630–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Heat can evidently be a cause of motion only by virtue of the changes of volume or of form which it produces in bodies.”
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[C]hanges caused in the temperature of bodies by motion have been very little studied. This class of phenomena merits... attention... When bodies are in motion, especially when that motion disappears, or when it produces motive power, remarkable changes take place in the distribution of heat, and perhaps in its quantity.”
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[[Energy|[M]otive power]] is, in quantity, invariable in nature; that it is, correctly speaking, never either produced or destroyed. It is true that it changes form, that is, it produces sometimes one sort of motion, sometimes another, but it is never annihilated.”
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can no more say I am a lesbian writer than I can say I am a woman writer. I am simply a writer. Writing is what is important, not sociological categories. I do think some changes of form are more open to history than others; but working, writing-for the writer-is an individual process, never a collective one.”
Monique Wittig (1935–2003) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: interview in Yale French Studies (1988)
“Evolution is an undeniable process, therefore changes will occur in the future. "for sure", But I can’t tell you now what will happen with my work, because I don’t even know what course I will take.”
Clandestine Culture (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When an insecure, malleable, relativistic culture meets a culture that is anchored, confident and strengthened by common doctrines, it is generally the former that changes to suit the latter.”
Christopher Caldwell (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Music indeed changes and evolves with time, as does the preferences of the audience, I believe it is a good idea to listen to and appreciate all kinds of music. That is how we learn to differentiate and educate ourselves. However, it is important to never forget our roots, without roots nothing grows!”
Navneet Aditya Waiba (born 1901) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Mechanical Universe project had its roots in a routine revision of Caltech's introductory physics courses... assigned to Goldstein and begun in 1979... the first major changes... since... taught by Richard Feynman in the early 1960s.”
David Goodstein (1939–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Among the common changes in forests over the past two centuries are loss of old forests, simplification of forest structure, decreasing size of forest patches, increasing isolation of patches, disruption of natural fire regimes, and increased road building, all of which have had negative effects on native biodiversity.”
Reed Noss (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In February William Perry let slip that if this reform falls through in Russia, then the West should be ready to strengthen its collective security. What's the connection? Since when can the defense secretary of the U.S. determine the type of economic reform Russia needs? And why are we being threatened with external pressure if Russia changes the direction and tempo of reform?”
William J. Perry (born 1927) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Interview With Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on the New Russia and Ukraine (May 1994), by Paul Klebnikov, in the (9 May 1994), issue of Forbes magazine
“I just...the world just...it's just different. It changes every day.”
Mark Leckey (born 1964) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore" (1999)
“It has been long understood that “” is a myth. To make fundamental changes in the commodity economy it is necessary to have power over production.”
John Bellamy Foster (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…On the one end, the abuse is making these young people LGBT. The science for that is completely flimsy. I completely disagree with that idea. On the other side ... children who will eventually identify as LGBT are more likely to be targets of sexual predators. If you think of it that way, it changes our concept of how we need to nurture and care for children who are different. ...”
Charles M. Blow (born 1970) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On LGBT young people being sexually abused in “After Childhood Abuse, 'Times' Columnist Says He Chose Life Over Vengeance” in NPR (2014 Sep 24)
“In a world that changes at an exponential rate, members of such world community have to be very proficient in finding reasonable solutions to the problems that they face by themselves.”
Sukavich Rangsitpol (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jade and men are both shaped by harsh tools; be not unaware of sudden changes of fortune.”
Andre Norton (1912–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The founder of this NGO [UDIK] Edvin Kanka Ćudić and his colleagues, have succeeded to make a civil resistance niche in a very short time. It is not a repetition of existing non-violent practices of a civil society but more authentic, innovative and a long-term creative gesture that changes our violent and militaristic society in the direction of a genuine culture of remembrance.”
Edvin Kanka Ćudić (born 1988) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nerzuk Ćurak, as quoted in In Memoriam BiH (1992-1995) (2016) p.399
“Grief changes shape, but it never ends. People have a misconception that you can deal with it and say, ‘It’s gone, and I’m better.’ They’re wrong. When the people you love are gone, you’re alone.”
Keanu Reeves (born 1964) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: June 2006
“A new spirit of sanctity will prevail upon the Earth; men will walk on tiptoe for a time. Soon, however, men will realize that the changes needed in the world are vast, manifold, requiring patience and dedication, imagination and trust. Before long, men everywhere will engage themselves in the work of reconstruction, the rehabilitation of the world.”
Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Throughout the world today there is a growing sense that great changes are necessary if humanity is to survive. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the political and economic fields... The divisions between the nations yawn wide, yet somehow, men know, they must be bridged. The tensions of the present can be supported for little longer.”
Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A question of priorities, (December 1986)
“It is not primarily as a religious leader that He is coming. You may look for Him rather as an educationalist in the widest sense of the word, advocating changes in our political, economic and social life.”
Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Six weeks pregnant means two weeks late for your period... And two weeks late on your period for any person -- any person with a menstrual cycle -- can happen if you're stressed, if your diet changes or for really no reason at all. So you don't have six weeks.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fact Check: Texas abortion law doesn't give full 6 weeks to get an abortion, by Tara Subramaniam,CNN, (September 9, 2021)
“I'm sorry we have to break down Biology 101 on national television, but in case no one has informed him before in his life, six weeks pregnant means two weeks late for your period. And two weeks late on your period for any person -- any person with a menstrual cycle -- can happen if you're stressed, if your diet changes or for really no reason at all. So you don't have six weeks.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Disgusting': Ocasio-Cortez reacts to Abbott's comments on rape victims”, "Anderson Cooper 360", CNN, (September 7, 2021)
“We could protect Roe tomorrow, but Sinema refuses to act on the filibuster. Until that changes she can take a seat talking about 'women’s access to health care.' Hold everyone contributing to this disaster accountable, GOP & Dem obstructionists included. She should be primaried.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Collins, Manchin and other lawmakers react to the Supreme Court draft opinion (Updated: 05/03/2022 03:11 PM EDT)
“Plans for far-reaching changes in the character of international society are an intellectual by-product of all great wars.”
Nicholas J. Spykman (1893–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If our memories are as absorbent as research has demonstrated, our awareness as wide, our brains and bodies as sensitive; if we can will changes in our physiology at the level of a single cell; if we are heirs to such evolutionary virtuosity—how can we be performing and learning at such mediocre levels? If we're so rich, why aren't we smart? p. 279”
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Relatives, colleagues, friends, and marriage partners, understandably threatened by these changes, often exert pressure on the individual...These pressures only widen the gap. You don't stop an immigrant by trying to revive his hopes for the Old World.”
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we consider that any child being abused is our child, the problem changes. When we see our culture, our social conditioning, or our class as an artifact rather than a universal yardstick, our kinship expands. We are no longer "ethnocentric," centered in our own culture. p. 402”
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Age-related sensory changes can be traced to degeneration in some of the cells and cell products that compose the sense organ itself.”
Leonard Hayflick (1928–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This government was the first to introduce tough measures to clamp down on migrants accessing the NHS and these changes will recover up to £500m per year to put back into frontline patient care.”
Jeremy Hunt (born 1966) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Non-EU patients 'should be charged for GP services' BBC News (6 December 2015)
“The world is driven by contradictory movements to produce developments and changes which in turn drive struggle and innovation. Marxism and Chinese traditional culture have a high degree of internal consistency on this point, which precisely constitutes the deep philosophical roots of the Sinification of Marxism.”
Jiang Shigong (born 1967) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Philosophy and History" (2018)
“Oppressed groups are frequently placed in the situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that is familiar to and comfortable for a dominant group. This requirement often changes the meaning of our ideas and works to elevate the ideas of dominant groups.”
Patricia Hill Collins (born 1948) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (2000) p. vii
“Odd how such major changes in a man’s life could come about so quickly, based on such flimsy things as feelings.”
Steve Perry (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Where orbits are wildly varying, life has no chance to develop. Changes are too extreme. Temperatures melt tin, then solidify nitrogen. If it is once established, life is persistent; it can adapt to many extremes. But there is a fragility in the original creation that calls for a long period of tightly-controlled variations.”
Charles Sheffield (1935–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The partners were there; gravity was calling the changes, and the cosmic dance was ready to begin.”
Charles Sheffield (1935–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The same thing happens to every President. People tell a chief executive what they think he wants to hear. Rosy economic reports, high popularity figures, promising international changes, you name it. There’s a competition to be the first with good news. Anyone who tells bad news tends to get weeded out—even if all the real news is bad.”
Charles Sheffield (1935–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm a very mixed person. And yet, being a citizen of a nation within our nation gives one a certain sense of - it changes your life. It means that I care deeply about my people, my mother's people.”
Louise Erdrich (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source