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“Power changes hands. Be respectful and kind to everyone, you never know whose help you might need.”
“I can’t say exactly how it impacts me and changes me, but I feel like the process of doing that and really considering other perspectives, I feel like it offers some kind of teaching.”
Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jennifer speak on her career in 2020.
“Humanity is at a crossroads. Building a community with a shared future for mankind is the right path forward and the trend of the times. The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. Destabilising, uncertain factors and challenges continue to arise.”
Wei Fenghe (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Humans need technology. It’s the one thing that we do better than any other animal. We communicate, cooperate, and make tools to extend our reach. Every new tool changes us.”
Daniel H. Wilson (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man. Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods.”
Edward Thorndike (1874–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In spite of the wedding, it was a year of separations. Not only were people turning away from one another, but there were other splittings, mind from heart, body from spirit. Some broke quickly, weeping openly and without shame in public places. In others...the changes were barely visible. (p 170)”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The structure of the international system, at the end of this century, is experiencing radical changes, particularly the end of the post-war bipolarity, the fall of the Iron Curtain and the end of the cold war. Many new peoples have gained their right to self-determination and democratic development, long repressed by totalitarian regimes.”
Ion Iliescu (1930–2025) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the 49th session of the UN General Assembly" (1994)
“The racial theory of Indian civilization alludes to racial attitudes of whites towards blacks, found in the segregated southern United States after the Civil War and in South Africa, as a constant of history, or rather as a transcendent fact immune to historical changes that is as operative in the Vedic period as it is now.”
Herbert Hope Risley (1851–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted from Malhotra, R., Nīlakantan, A. (Princeton, N.J.). (2011). Breaking India: Western interventions in Dravidian and Dalit faultlines
“Bolivia is right now in need of profound changes, in order to become a homeland for all people. This leads us, as Bishops, to make continual appeals so that everything may take place in tranquility, without violence, without hate or revenge. This is the call that we are constantly making, asking all to be capable of dialoguing, of healing wounds, working towards national reconciliation.”
Julio Terrazas Sandoval (1936–2015) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cardinal Julio Terrazas tells Agenzia Fides: “After the Ad Limina visit, one is given a renewed spirit to continue serving our dioceses in Bolivia.” (17 November 2008) Fides News Agency
“Foreplay is a concept created for male purposes, but works to the disadvantage of many women, since as soon as the woman is aroused the man changes to vaginal stimulation, leaving her both aroused and unsatisfied.”
Anne Koedt (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s important to do as much as I can to publicize the ideas of language, the importance of family, the importance of history, and also the importance of changes that have happened, that are happening now. Always political issues come up, issues of the environment, issues of education, of poverty, drug use, alcoholism. All of those things are a part of it, too.”
Luci Tapahonso (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[On querying the permanent use of the word "jazz"] So was the word Negro ! Yet you hardly hear it anymore—it's now Afro-American or black. All sorts of linguistic changes are going on: Instead of chairman we now say chairperson in order to upgrade the position of women in our society. Jazz is an important-enough area of our culture to demand constant refinement.”
Ahmad Jamal (1930–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“First and foremost, anarchism is a revolutionary political philosophy. That is, anarchism is thoroughly radical in the true sense of the word: to get at the root or origin of phenomena, and from there to make dramatic changes in the existing conditions. Anarchism aspires to fundamentally transform society, toward expansive notions of individual and social freedom.”
Cindy Milstein (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changes will occur that we cannot even begin to imagine, and the next generation will be both utterly familiar and wholly alien to their parents. We believe this is what it means to carry on Octavia Butler's legacy of writing visionary fiction.”
Walidah Imarisha wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The framework we're using assumes the planet, and human societies that live upon it, are complex and constantly evolving, so we need to continually learn about and adapt to these ongoing changes.”
Reinette Biggs (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The failure of several decades of top-down reforms, from the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 through the Paris Agreement of 2015, to make any serious dent in our ever-increasing global emissions should be evidence enough that our current institutions are not capable, on their own, of imagining or enacting the kind of changes we need. (p 184)”
Aviva Chomsky (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world we live in has changed exponentially since the Legal Professions Act was passed 62 years ago, and there is an urgent need for its revision to reflect these changes and make the training of lawyers in Ghana more relevant and in tune with the world we live in today.”
Mary Chinery-Hesse (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“First of all, it is one thing to identify a problem. Secondly, it is another to have the power to effect those changes. Poor funding of universities is a key problem. It also seems to me that there is an unspoken practice of privileging the sciences over the humanities.”
Peju Layiwola (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know that these inequalities are reproduced in the family, the community and they are also reproduced in the workplace where we find ourselves as lawyers. Women lawyers can bring about substantive changes not only in the practice of the law, but in the law itself”
Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inductive reactance is much larger than atomic resistance in pulsed discharges in which the current In- creases+ at a high rate. Thus, by using current and voltage oscillograms one' may find the time dependence of the inductance of the plasma column and hence determine how the radius of the column changes at various stages.”
Igor Kurchatov (1903–1960) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Possibility Of Producing Thermonuclear Reactions In A Gaseous Discharge" by I.V Kurchatov (18 April 1956)
“And... it changes the ecosystem because the penguins can then survive in conditions they would not otherwise be able to survive in.”
Helen Czerski (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vast internal changes must occur in women in which old responses, old habits, old emotional convictions are examined under a new light: the light of consciousness.”
Vivian Gornick (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(What changes have you witnessed in Argentina in your lifetime?) Far too many. This is a roller coaster country, with good moments and very upsetting times like the current one, though the civic-military dictatorship was worse. But we have an incredible, almost miraculous capacity for recovery, which I hope will at some point still save us.”
Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most emotionally mature people can accept that changes and disappointments are a part of life. They accept their feelings and look for alternative ways to find gratification when they’re disappointed. They’re collaborative and open to others’ ideas.”
Lindsay C. Gibson wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You two don’t know yet,” he said. “When you get old, you think more about the past than about what you did five minutes ago. Time changes.”
Jeffrey Ford (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No matter what you were thinking beforehand, no matter what you got going on, when it’s time to get on that line, nothing changes that. The race not gonna be called back; it’s not going to be postponed. When that gun goes off, it’s about getting down there.”
Sha'Carri Richardson (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would hope that at this point in time, our children do not have to die in order to bring about changes.”
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I decided to join FIFA because I knew that there were some challenges, but I wanted also to see how I could bring about changes in a more sustainable manner in the life of the millions of people who dream of football, who think football, who love football and who breathe football.”
Fatma Samoura (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My research focuses on how the Earth’s climate has behaved over the last millennium, and what that tells us about the climate changes we are seeing now.”
Nerilie Abram (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The past climate records that I develop come from corals, caves and ice cores, and I combine these with climate model data to study climate changes.”
Nerilie Abram (born 1977) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nerilie Abram, THE CONVERSATION, Rtrieved: 14, November, 2023
“There’s now a place for women in the game to speak about their journeys and what has happened to them on the way. I think small changes are being addressed but for me I think a lot of what we see is more token gestures.”
Lucy Bronze (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being a mother changes your life.”
Irene Paredes (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There have been a lot of changes in climate policy over the past decade or so. A lot of questions are not clearly resolved and that creates challenges”
Wendy Craik (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Possibly from natural resilience, I was able to accept quickly that I could do nothing about our peripatetic circumstances. But I appreciated that I still had choices and things I could control, including my attitude. Being curious and social, I resolved to embrace the frequent changes as an opportunity to learn from different cultures and perspectives,”
Shemara Wikramanayake (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you are not meant to be doing a job, it is better that you find out sooner than later so that you can make the appropriate changes".”
Zain Asher (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So what is ? It's energy in the form of moving particles or waves, emitted by an atom or another body as it changes from one energy state to another. That's the official definition.”
Suzie Sheehy (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If nothing else, I want women to understand that they are powerful. If you look back at history, in almost every big moment, in every leap forward, you find ordinary women at the core. We have more ability to make changes in the world than we can imagine if we have the courage to try.”
Liya Kebede (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must keep believing in the changes we want to see, and we must stay true to ourselves and the progress we’re seeking.”
Yewande Akinola (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You are at a crossroads in your lives where you have to make decisions. We ask that you base those decisions on research, knowledge, and taking the time to understand the causes of political shifts and changes in socioeconomic factors around you. Never think it’s over.”
Sandrine Umutoni first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No country can develop without patriotic citizens(July 23,2024)
“The changes in the electoral process and synchronisation would not require a referendum as the electoral law already exists and would be amended accordingly, in agreement with all stakeholders.”
Oda Gasinzigwa (born 1966) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.ktpress.rw/2023/02/rwanda-eyes-synchronising-legislative-presidential-polls-in-proposed-electoral-reforms/ KT Press February 15, 2023
“We chose only a few children so that we can invest more effort in them and, by God’s grace, see lasting changes in their lives, and put them in a position to lift themselves out of poverty.”
Sherrie Silver (born 1994) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sherrie Silver signed agreements with some of the children she supports.Moreabout Media(August 27, 2025)
“Thought is like the Protheus of the fable, which changes its aspect incessantly, or rather, since there is not a single and fixed thought, but an infinite series of thoughts, inconstant, contradictory, no one can with one word define a man exactly; No man can define himself exactly.”
Federico De Roberto (1861–1927) said by 1927 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, hoping it changes others.”
Albertina Francis (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everything always changes as you write.”
Gina B. Nahai (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As for the deep cultural structures that legitimize the exclusion of women, it is very likely that these gradual changes will last too long, at least for me. We need to reflect on what power is, what it is for and how it is calibrated, or in other words, if we do not perceive that women are totally within power structures, then what we need to redefine is power, not women.”
Mary Beard (classicist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nigeria will not attain the transformational changes desired by patriots until a female president emerges.”
Josephine Anenih (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you commit fully to your role, you unlock opportunities, make meaningful changes, and build the network you need to be most effective”
Mary Barra (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The policy we have dates from 2016 and it is under review. To review it, we consult public and private partners. We need ideas that can be put in the new policy. Technology changes very fast, thus the need to insert new things,”
Bella Rwigamba first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: GOV’T TO REVIEW EDUCATION ICT POLICY KT Press (December 1, 2022)
“I went through a lot. I went through a lot of changes. I lost weight and some unfortunate fellows said I did surgery.”
Teniola Apata wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source