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We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to read more

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. -Jessamyn West.

by Jessamyn West Found in: Change Quotes,
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Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my
cradle.

Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my
cradle.

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It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for read more

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Change Quotes,
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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've read more

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

by Barack Obama Found in: Change Quotes,
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Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows
Like the wave;
Change doth unknit the tranquil strength read more

Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows
Like the wave;
Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men.
Love tends life a little grace,
A few sad smiles; and then,
Both are laid in one cold place,
In the grave.

by Matthew Arnold Found in: Change Quotes,
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
[Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco;
Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]

by Ludovico Ariosto Found in: Change Quotes,
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Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

by Bible Found in: Change Sayings, General Sayings,
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Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like read more

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. -John Steinbeck.

by John Steinbeck Found in: Change Quotes,
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Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion read more

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total ;of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.

by Robert F. Kennedy Found in: Change Quotes,
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