Quotes About Adjustment

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Yes, well… that's not good. I—" "A lot's happened in this last month

that reason, it was time to go our separate ways. Life was like that sometimes. We change and we grow.

I don't sing the way I used to, so I'm doing everything I can to put the word out that they shouldn't expect that.

My world was changing, and I was not ready for it.

Cuando a uno lo sacan de sus hábitos es como el pescado fuera del agua –dijo el doctor Restelli, mirando su vaso–. Estoy muy acostumbrado al mate dulce de las cuatro, sabe.

I sometimes longed for someone who, like me, had not adjusted perfectly with his age, and such a person was hard to find; but I soon discovered cats, in which I could imagine a condition like mine, and books, where I found it quite often.

By the time you get to your ball, if you don't know what to do with it, try another sport.

One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.

It was hard at first. Once you've been fuera, Santo Domingo is the smallest place in the world. But if I've learned anything in my travels it's that a person can get used to anything. Even Santo Domingo.

Scientists accustomed to working with limited resources and virtually no deadlines now had to adjust to a world of unlimited resources and exacting deadlines.

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

Culture shock

We try not to have many investing 'rules,' but there is one that has served us well: If we decide we were wrong about something, in terms of why we did it, we exit, period.

Social changes always involve trade-offs.

I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of just not being a rugby player for a while, and over that period I'll get my head around what the next challenge involves.

I know when I'm good and when there are a few things I need to iron out.

Nobody is irreplaceable; guys get moved every single year. For us, we just have to be prepared for any situation.

Nothing in the world is irreversible, not even capitalism.

I moved out to L.A. from New York... and I remember feeling, kind of like anyone does when they first move, so very lonely and isolated.

I've become accustomed to playing against four defenders throughout my career, but in Italy, I have to play against five.

Like everybody coming from Europe, I didn't believe it at first, but you really need time to adjust. I thought it was going to be like going from Croatia to Italy. But you really need the time just to understand things here.

Custom adapts itself to expediency.

I do want to learn the way to do it over here. I'm not really looking to just go about my way and do it in the Japanese way that I've been doing. Basically, I'll try to get some advice, learn the way it's done here and go about it.