Quotes About Change

If they want to help the black community, why don't they make some changes to the system first instead?

She tried to reconcile what Lexie was saying with the Lexie she knew. Lexie wanted an abortion? Baby-crazy Lexie, quick-to-judge-others Lexie, Lexie who'd been so unforgiving about Bebe's mistakes?

On their old street, each house is a different drab shade: tan, dirty cream, the washed-out gray of tattered laundry: as if all the color has leached away since his childhood. Slope shouldered, listing slightly to one side, they resemble old ladies, their clothing grown shabby and loose.

She looked at him fiercely, almost a glare, and Moody saw that her eyes, which he'd thought were hazel, were a deep jade green. At that moment Moody had a sudden clear understanding of what had already happened that morning: his life had been divided into a before and an after, and he would always be comparing the two.

At that moment Moody had a sudden clear understanding of what had already happened that morning: his life had been divided into a before and an after, and he would always be comparing the two.

e pegou no diário que a mãe lhe dera no Natal. Até que enfim acontecera algo importante, algo que devia registar. Mas não sabia como explicar o que se passara, como tudo mudara num único dia, como alguém que amava tanto podia estar ali num minuto e, no minuto seguinte ter desaparecido.

The same place people went when they died, where everything went: on, away, out of your life.

I realize that I am not happy with the life I lead. I always had one kind of life in mind and things have turned out very differently.

There is so much more to do, so much yet to be mended.

That evening, that sureness, feels ancient now, like something grown small with the distance of years.

O que tornava algo precioso? Perder e encontrar.

A friend confided to me recently that she wasn't sure if it was the 'change,' plain old PMS, or just a slow shift toward embracing her inner witch that is causing her to become progressively more irritated by everything her husband does.

Ac?, hassasiyetini kabukla?t?r?yor insan?n. Ölmek galiba bu. Ayr?l??a al??m?? gibiyim. Tevekkül, teslimiyet. Ve heyecanlar?n gün geçtikçe kararan p?r?lt?s?. Al??kanl?klar?n insan? pestile çeviren çark?. Art?k yanarak de?il tüterek ya??yorum. Nemli bir tomar gibi. Kanatlar?m her gün bir parça daha a??rla??yor. Galiba ihtiyarl?yorum.

Avrupa Tanzimattan beri ayn? emelin kovalay?c?s?d?r: Türk ayd?n?nda mukaddesi öldürmek. Mukaddesi yani ?slamiyeti.

Gitmek, kaderin hatalar?n? düzeltmektir.

Tanzimattan beri haz?r elbiseye merakl?y?z, haz?r elbise ve haz?r medeniyete… (Ma?aradakiler, s,314)

Tarih çark? gittikçe daha h?zl? dönüyor. Çocuklar?m?z her ?eyi kendileri anlay?p ö?renmek, kendi ak?llar?yla yapmak, bizim i?lerimizi üstlenmek zorunda kalacaklar. Oysa dü?ünmek her zaman ac? veren a??r bir i?tir. Onun için onlar?n hayat? bizimkine göre daha zor olacakt?r...

Viva la huelga [Long live the strike]!

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 1984

as technology has changed, so have our tools.

And we, as human beings, are capable of creating positive changes in our lives through intent."14

But by the time I was 40, everything was winding down. It started after the war. On the plus side, there was more more products and technology. But for me the nightlife was winding down, the glamour, the fun.

L'unica gioia al mondo è cominciare. È bello vivere perché vivere è cominciare, sempre, ad ogni istante. Quando manca questo senso – prigione, malattia, abitudine, stupidità –, si vorrebbe morire.

I ragazzi, le donne, il mondo, non sono mica cambiati. Non portano più il parasole, la domenica vanno al cinema invece che in festa, danno il grano all'ammasso, le ragazze fumano - eppure la vita è la stessa, e non sanno che un giorno si guarderanno in giro e anche per loro sarò tutto passato.