Quotes About Change

Twitter, it can be said, completely changed the way activism is done, who can participate, and even how we define it.

I live a dramatic life and love the characters that are constantly changing in their lives. For that reason, if I have an opportunity, I would like to participate in the musical 'Hedwig.'

Participating in Miss India was a paradigm shift and I had a blast.

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

We're not going back anywhere, we're going forward, we're going forward in democracy, we're going forward in participation, we're going forward with ideas.

It was almost two years after I left Capital that I put out the first one on Chrysalis and that was really instructive because it was no better in particular than any other record I'd done.

I've never particularly liked the idea of looking back; I'd rather look forward.

You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?

We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it's because life is so short, and there's so much that can change.

I'm more disciplined now. The days of late-night parties are over.

I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to go to.

I moved on from the whole 'Playboy' thing five years ago and really never looked back. I'm not one of those girls who goes back to all the parties and things.

I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party.

I think we should all be accountable to our parties, but I also think that accountability should be a process of engagement: that MPs do engage with their constituency parties, do engage with their constituents, and MPs do change their minds on things because of local opinion.

One of the things in my experience about changing parties: There are very few exceptions to the general rule. And the general rule has been, people are going to invite you into the church, but they are not going to make you a deacon.

Federalists, Whigs, Democratic-Republicans; parties are born, parties die, and parties realign themselves to adapt to shifting demographics and attitudes.

Major realigning events can reshape coalitions and change how large groups of people view politics, policy, and the parties.

We need elected officials who overcome partisan politics to really help people.

The people in Iowa know that Washington isn't working. It's devolved into partisan politics and a lot of gridlock and obstruction.

The dirty secret is that climate change is not really a partisan issue in Congress.

Partisanship is not necessarily a bad thing. It leads to new leadership and new opportunities.

I've had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress.

Partition happened in my life but do you think I should be living in partition? I have seen it but as India has moved further and as a generation has moved further I am also moving further.

I've become 40, my audience is partly the same age.