Quotes About Change

I used to be very into fitness and would happily pose for photos in my bikini. Now I look at those and think, 'Where did that body go?' But that was before children.

Jack wasn't my type at all. I thought he was too young and too posh, and I told him that. Plus, I couldn't deal with his dodgy bowl-cut. But he wore me down.

I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

If you were blessed with a fortunate position... why wouldn't you want to impact the world around you as much as possible?

I played the flute in elementary school, but when I got into high school, they didn't have any flutes; they gave me a clarinet and said, 'Play it in the same way, just hold in a different position.' I really didn't care much for it.

A lot of them are afraid to sit down and break their position. You should be able to make it so natural that you can just get out, and sit down and walk away from it, and there's nothing wrong with that.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.

I have been playing in different positions and I keep growing.

I'm fascinated by how you'll change your position so many times over a lifetime, but really what you're doing is occupying a series of positions on a landscape.

I have no illusions that my work can rouse the masses to create change, because literature simply doesn't have that power anymore in my country, if it does anywhere. But I do hope that it can be read by those who are in positions to create change, or that it can at least be part of that dialogue.

I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.

America has a black president, but there are no black studio heads, and there just aren't that many black people working anywhere on film sets, let alone in positions of power in Hollywood. That's what needs to change.

Men need to hire more women and put them in higher positions of power within organizations.

I think diversity and having women and people of color in key positions is really important.

I had some different positions. At first, I was a forward, and then, step by step, I kept moving back, and now I'm here at the goal. This was my way.

I think the majority of politicians keep their positions for too long.

We need more women in positions of power so that women's issues are thought of more, because a room full of men in government and in power don't think the type of things needed to make a change.

The only changes that we can make as people is changes in leadership. But as a people, it's very, very difficult once those people get into those positions for us to make any changes.

Often, when people like me are elected or appointed to positions of senior leadership, the rules of the game seem to change.

Every day brings new choices.

If a negative atmosphere pervades where you live or work, go elsewhere. Seek out friends, business associates, and mentors with positive attitudes who share your goals and best interests.

As an athlete, our platform is so high. A lot of people look up to us. So if they see us doing something positive, it can change the world.