Quotes About Change

Qui moétais-je pour avoir cru que je pouvais changer quelque chose au mouvement du monde ?

These immigrants held out the hope of a new golden age for the old continent.

Je ne crois pas une demi-seconde aux déclarations du genre rien ne sera plus jamais comme avant. Au contraire, tout restera exactement pareil... Il serait tout aussi faux d'affirmer que nous avons redécouvert le tragique, la mort, la finitude, etc..

no se puede decir que el comunismo haya desarrollado mucho el sentimentalismo en las relaciones humanas: en conjunto, lo que predomina en los ex comunistas es la brutalidad;

Les chiffres étaient impressionnants : plus de douze mille personnes, en France, chaque année, choisissaient de disparaître, d'abandonner leur famille et de refaire leur vie, parfois à l'autre bout du monde, parfois sans changer de ville.

Al considerar el pasado siempre se tiene la impresión — probablemente falsa — de un cierto determinismo.

Two years before, when the riots started, the media had had a field day, but now people discussed them less and less. ... ...in fact the media's attitude had changed over the last few months. No one talked about violence in the banlieues or race riots anymore. That was all passed over in silence.

aunque fuese cada vez más patente que habían perdido la partida imprudentemente entablada con los chinos, los americanos quizá tenían aún algo que decirnos, al fin y al cabo habían dominado el mundo durante cerca de un siglo, debían de haber adquirido cierta sabiduría, de lo contrario era para desesperarse.

un mundo de kids definitivos.

The French Revolution, the republic, the motherland Ã¢â'¬Â¦ yes, all that paved the way for something, something that lasted a little more than a century. The Christian Middle Ages lasted a millennium and more.

Aceptar la ideología del cambio continuo es aceptar que la vida de un hombre se reduzca estrictamente a su existencia individual, y que las generaciones pasadas y futuras ya no tengan ninguna importancia para él. Así vivimos, y actualmente tener un hijo ya no tiene sentido para un hombre

Yo le había dado demasiada importancia a la sexualidad, era indiscutible; pero el único lugar del mundo en el que me había sentido bien era acurrucado entre los brazos de una mujer, acurrucado en el fondo de su vagina; y, a mi edad, no veía ningún motivo para que aquello cambiase.

Já na manhã seguinte (...) entendi que uma parte de minha vida acabava de terminar, e era provavelmente a melhor.

When I was campaigning, I told the people if nothing happens under my mandate it will still be a positive thing because my mandate will be used as a rupture between the past and the future.

A morte de Deus é menos importante do que a destruição do que durante tanto tempo o tornou possível.

changes that are currently taking place in so many sectors. You have to ask yourself: "What are we going to do differently?" Doing nothing is not an option. You can't assume the same clients are going to come to you with the same requests or that you can go to them with the same offerings. You've got to change the way you operate and that requires a focus on innovation.

Güzel ve zarif yerine, ÅŸirin ve zeki. Bu yazg?y? kabullenmem y?llar?m? ald?. Sonunda bunun 'çok daha iyi' olmasa bile, hiç deÄŸilse bir lanetleme de olmad???n? ister istemez kabulleniverdim." Nadege

Acaba büyüdüÄŸüm için miydi? Eskiden ayn? yerlerde toplad???m mantarlar galiba bugünkülerden çok daha güzeldi. GeçmiÅŸin yald?zl? sisleri, en basit ÅŸeyleri mükemmele dönüÅŸtürüyorsunuz!" O, ErmiÅŸler Bayram? Mantarlar?

S?cak yaz günlerimi üst üste s?ralanm?? dallar?nda rüzgar?n ninnisini dinleyerek geçirdiÄŸim iki ulu köknar?n ortadan yok oluÅŸu dikkatimi çekiyor. Onlar da ha! Oysa ben onlar? kal?c?, y?k?lmaz san?rd?m.- O, ErmiÅŸler Bayram? Mantar?.

Molti uomini sono lâches. Lasciano andar via. Lasciano partire. Lasciano perdere. Perché non vogliono confrontarsi direttamente col dolore. Non sopportano di sentirsi impotenti. E allora cambiano discorso. Oppure riagganciano il telefono. Oppure cominciano a guardare distrattamente gli sms che arrivano sul cellulare per poi dirti che è proprio un peccato, che non possono farci nulla, ma che adesso devono proprio andarsene.

I always want to tell stories. But they must be stories that evolve, like our own lives. Perhaps what I seek is a new kind of story.

You no longer feel the fear of a change of being and desire . . . The course of the hours lays not violent hands upon you ; necessity and chance guide not your steps ... I can hardly write without envy. --Michelangelo on the dead.

Yoshino says, "Gays should not rest now but move forward by looking back.

I'll look at why LGBT groups in Washington have asked for so little for so many years—and gotten nothing—and why and how we must change that and demand full equality.