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We are not in a situation where we are required by desperation to make structural changes.

Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.

I don't take the turmoil as unexpected, ... For people who created the culture at the C.I.A. that gave us the information about Al Qaeda, who gave us the information about Iraq, the kinds of changes that Porter is making may be uncomfortable, and they may be making the right decision they're leaving.

The flashing lights, the change of colors. It has a hypnotic sense to it. The brain has no sense of time, so people can sit in front of a screen for hours watching pornography.

You have got to adapt to changes, in time zone, culture, diet, a lot, but I did not.

Young persons, because of their immaturity, may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and should therefore benefit from less severe sanctions than adults. More importantly, it reflects the firm belief that young persons are more susceptible to change, and thus have a greater potential for rehabilitation than adults.

We could not go on as normal. Things had to change.

There was a change in Boldwood's exterior from its former impassibleness and his face showed that he was now living outside his defences for the first time, and with a fearful sense of exposure.

As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights movement.

We have no interest in using oil as a weapon because we value the international community's security, but if the situation changes, our decision making and relationship will change too.

What I hope will not change is the understanding that news needs to serve the public interest as its primary goal. That is its greatest calling, to keep freedom and independence alive, and keep it honest.

I was your age when I first saw him. Martin Luther King was trying to make positive change.

If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change.

The key was when we went to our full-court press. It led to some turnovers, but more importantly it kind of changes the tempo of the game when things weren't going so hot.

We did not, in any way, make a determination as to whether or not the cessation of the unification council was a change in the status quo.

The market needs to consolidate for a while after recent volatility. It's unlikely to see any dramatic move next week if there's no big policy changes.

It appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican.

We came in here real confident, but had to change engines after the second round. You never know what's going to happen when you make a change like that. But we made the changes for the final round and, with some luck, we won.

I think you have to be willing to trade a lot of players and be willing to make changes. And you have to do it quickly. If I made a mistake, I stayed with players too long. We tried to develop, but I think you need to make decisions very quickly.

In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.

There will be a sea of change with the Internet. You'd have to be blind not to see it.

A lot of organizations that train their employees through our coursework really value the ability to integrate a Cornell executive education experience into their training initiative. They get a high level of service from us, just like they have come to expect from an Ivy League university. And just because there is a greater reach, doesn't mean your admission standards change. You're looking for a certain quality of student who is going to interact in your program.

What we really need is to get back some of the optimism we had five years ago (in the Middle East peace process) and I'm sure there's going to be a change in the climate within a week.

According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another.

I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country.

I've been in a bad accident on I-95, as well as my friend. Having this kind of organization is important so that change can occur. I'll be around whenever they need me.

The big ones that stand out are 4 and 7. The changes done to both 4 and 7 are going to impact the score. There's no doubt about it.

These changes are necessary to clear the past deficit and to contain the amount of future funding needed.

Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves otherwise we harden.

Change is coming, ... China is already having secret ballot and competitive elections at the local level. Nearly 20 years ago, Deng Xiaoping said that China would eventually expand democratic elections all the way to the national level -- and I look forward to that day.

One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.

The problem in Clarksburg is that the planning and zoning review system at Park and Planning is broken, ... Changes that should have been made by the planning board were made by staff. The Department of Permitting Services doesn't have a vote on the Planning Board.

I don't anticipate any changes in the appearance of the river.

The microgravity or the very, very low amount of gravity that we have up in space forces some changes in different processes. It forces changes in us as human beings.

Investors, ... ... say that when interest rates go up, avoid the financial stocks. Last year, interest rates went up a lot, both the short-end and the long-end. But in fact, financial companies reported very good earnings. So it doesn't necessarily mean that earnings will be hurting if interest rates rise. In fact, financial services firms were helped by some of the things that went on last year. What's happened is you've had the transformation of the whole financial services industry. Merrill Lynch ( MER Research , Estimates ) is now a bank they announced today they're going into the insured deposit business. They're an Internet company as well. They're no longer just an interest-rate sensitive company.

People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning which is capable of constant development and change.

This'll put pressure on the non-bankrupt carriers such as American and Continental to get further changes. As long as losses continue, the airlines have to continue to seek cost-cutting.

Paul Tillich can show us that the unity which we seek as Christians must involve our denominations in changes even greater than those which many of us now expect. His insistence on taking seriously the gropings of all men for the truth about their lives must be allowed to remind the ecumenical movement that the word oikoumene is Greek not for 'the Church' but for 'the whole inhabited world'. The ecumenical movement is more than Christian patriarchs kissing. Christian unity means the unity of mankind in finding and obeying God. Tillich can teach us that the Church must not shut its door to celebrate a family reunion while a single child of God remains outside.

When I came here there was just a handful of people in the stands at games. This year's Purple Growl game (the school's winter homecoming, which drew more than 4,000) was incredible, though. It's awesome to see the change.

We've been here since 1979. And we're taking a look at what our current residents are looking for in services. It Just felt like it was time for us to make a few small changes.

You often see these groups spring up in response to demographic changes. Some people feel threatened, and they look for a group to blame.

We are a team whose mission is to compete for and win championships. I strongly feel that now is the time for us to make a change in order to give us the best possible chance to live up to this mission. This marketplace has the savviest, most demanding fans in the U.S., and we must provide them with a more entertaining and attractive product on the field.

Some people change their views over the course of time. For others, one could draw a straight line from where they were decades ago to where they are today. Nothing in the available record allows us to conclude that John Robert's views have changed. Indeed, given how deeply held those views have been, a change of mind would be remarkable.

If all people are unique, and if they are constantly changing each and every day, then all one can say about any social research finding is that it applied to that group of people on that given day, and given the propensity of humans to be different and to change, then it is unlikely that one would get the same results if one were to repeat the study.

There had been no standardization among desktop computers. Although it seemed as if we were changing only the accounting system (or desktop), we were implementing a large culture change. We faced a training challenge when we asked people to transition to a Windows 95 environment from DOS.

As more laps are put on the track, the conditions will change. But we've learned a lot. The reason we are here is to gather information so we can decide which direction to go. Everything we did yesterday and everything we do today is to gather data so we can go back and build the best tire.

Could we have predicted in the '60s and '70s the march of technology currently taking place in our world No one could have predicted the changes we're witnessing today.

Nuclear power cannot save the world from climate change. Returning to nuclear will simply hamper real action to reduce energy demand, develop better alternatives and tackle climate chaos.

I love my job. I wake up in the morning, and I am ready to come to work, ... I guess when I wake up one day and I don't want to go, I will know it's time for a change.

This is a huge amount of change for any company to swallow in a short amount of time, even for a company that has fought its way back from the edge like Nissan has.