Quotes About Change

When I was younger, I grew up a Packers fan because my dad played for the Packers. As I got older, I've fallen away from it.

My kids, who are grown now and living in L.A., are used to me packing up and taking off to somewhere weird.

My parents took a chance and sacrificed their jobs and a big move to California. And they were like, 'Are you sure you want to do this? We're literally packing up this whole house.' And I would always say, 'Yeah.' I'm six years old. And they were like, 'OK, if she wants to do this and this is her passion, then let's do it.'

I'm ecstatic to be known as pad man, as it makes a difference to women's lives.

You couldn't define the '80s when the '80s were happening. We kept changing. We had shoulder pads, then we didn't. It was revealing, and then it was decoration. It was a lot of things at once. It was defined when it was over.

I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page.

For every athlete, the roar of the crowd goes away, and we have to learn how to turn the page.

For the past few years my fans have made it very clear that they would like to read my novels and revisit my family of characters faster than I can write them. For them, I am willing to make a change to my working methods so the stories in my head can reach the page more frequently.

The comic page is dying; I didn't want to go with it.

I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.

Mountains were once my big adventure but is is over since a long time; I still dream from the wonderful days sometimes, read also a few pages from a mountain book. But the thought of doing again active mountain climbing has faded.

Some friends of mine bothered me for a long time about getting on the social networking pages. They were close friends that I liked to mess with, and I think that I kind of enjoyed for a while that it bothered them so much. Now they've just kind of given up.

I came from a rugby school and rugby nation, but I fancied giving football a go, and luckily, it paid off.

I first paid attention to fashion when I was around 15, but I don't really care much about it these days.

The game has changed. What's going on now is nonsense. You have guys complaining about not being paid.

Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.

The pain of retirement means loss.

Change and growth is so painful. But it's so necessary for us to evolve.

My parents' divorce was very difficult. Divorce is essentially incredibly painful, but it's also an essential part of life.

My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people - because I was close to something that fell apart.

I am keenly aware that in writing about my mother, I am writing about my aunts' sister, and that in writing about my grandmother, I'm writing about their mother. I know that my honesty about how my view of these people has changed over the years may be painful.

Change is painful, and people are always reticent to accept a lot of pain.

The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for us, for my mother, it was very difficult to get our bearings.

My 20s were pretty painful.