Quotes About Adaptation

I think that's what happened to the record business when 'Napster' came around. The industry rejected what was happening instead of accepting it as change.

Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep South onto North of England provincialism were not successful. All were rejected.

If you were laid off, fired or rejected, ask yourself: what did I do to contribute to this situation? What can I do better next time?

If I don't book a job, I like to see it not as a rejection but as a redirection to something different.

In football, I learned about trust, handling failure, embracing discomfort, and rejection, which has helped with the auditions.

People who work with me say I have a four-step response to new ideas: rejection, reconsideration, acceptance, ownership. I need to listen more patiently.

Who can't relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next?

I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.

Also, the times have changed, the Punjabi cinema is growing. Movies and songs are being made in such a manner that even a non-Punjabi can relate to them.

A lot of people relate me to the blues but I don't think it's a hindrance at this point. I've been doing it long enough that I can do different things and be accepted.

I was not a big Allman Brothers fan but I could relate to that because that is what the flavor of the day was at that time - at least it was like that for me.

I couldn't relate to the mindset of people in my hometown. Since I had no educational qualification, I only got menial jobs in Delhi.

Individuals and companies that want to be successful in the 21st century will need to be leaders in using the Internet and related technology.

My name was originally Da Baby Jesus, but I changed it like two years into my career because I didn't want to offend anyone; although I feel like my purpose in the game is related and still is, I didn't want my name to be a distraction from the music.

When someone gets closely related to a character they play on TV, it's very hard to break that mold and go on to do something else.

My Aunt Linh had to reimagine her life after she was diagnosed with RMS, especially when she was faced with certain challenges related to her fashion and beauty routines.

Our ways of relating to each other become like habits.

I'd say that after my father passed my writing changed, it went deeper. Most would say 'matured' but I don't think I'd use that word in relation to my progress. I think 'change' is a little more accurate.

In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations.

You can't change anyone else, but people do change in relationship to your change.

Change is the only constant. We all change as per time and relationship also changes and you need to adapt. You need to grow together.

Every job that you have might not be the perfect job, but you really take away different things, and you create relationships.

Abusive relationships go on and on. You're in it for so long that it can almost be impossible to see it for what it is. That just becomes your life. We get used to and adapt.

You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.