“For me, the moment the mic is on and it's rolling, it's impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I'm going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That's, I think, the one thing that's changed: Growing older, I'm not ashamed to hear my voice.” ThinkingWayLittlesReasonMomentsKidsAbleVoiceGrowingImpossibleOne ThingChangedOne DayAshamedRelaxRollingLittle KidGrowing OldGrowing OlderMics Author:Cat Power
“Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantShowsAbleThreePsychologyChangedProductsWasteResearchAskingCustomersPlentyFeaturesBehaveWasting Time Author:Eric Ries
“Gone are the days when you'd have to tune in to a mad illegal radio station late at night to be able to hear the rapper of your choice. That's all changed now. That's all gone out of the window. And I feel like I represent that change. I represent the era of iPods and Shuffle and things like that.” FeelsAbleNightChoicesGoneChangedLateWindowMadRadioErasTunesIllegalStationsRapperIpodsRadio StationsShuffle Author:Tinie Tempah
“Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were able to do it.” WorldAbleChangedBuiltSatEmpiresWhere You AreUp In The Air Author:Ryan Bingham
“When I was young, I thought I was a god. Now, I just basically work on staying humble. My priorities changed. Just to be able to try to change them - that was frightening to me.” TryingAbleYoungChangedHumblePrioritiesStayingFrightening Author:Mike Tyson
“I really love newspapers. They are disposable. They are recyclable. They fall apart so easily. They are not like iPads or Kindles that can't be disposed of and end up on some third-world shore. And I love the heritage of them, the whole history of mass communication. Newspapers changed the world from being a really class based, feudal system to people being able to cheaply get information that informed them.” PeopleWorldEndsWholeAbleFallClassInformationChangedCommunicationMassThirdsNewspapersShoreHeritageFalling ApartThird WorldKindlesIpadsDisposableMass CommunicationFeudal System Author:Stanley Donwood
“All this [Soviet labor camp for political prisoners] brings about one marked change in your physical appearance; by the end of your first year, you will have what are known as 'zek's eyes.' The look in a zek's eyes is impossible to describe, but once encountered, it is never forgotten. When you emerge, your friends, embracing you, will exclaim: 'Your eyes! Your eyes have changed!' And not one of your tormentors will be able to bear your scrutiny. They will turn away from it, like beaten dogs.” YearsFirstsLooksEndsEyeAblePoliticalTurnsKnownImpossibleDogChangedBearsLaborPrisonForgottenAppearancePrisonerCampsSovietBeatenScrutinyPhysical AppearancePolitical Prisoners Author:Irina Ratushinskaya
“Social media has definitely changed the game for me. I am able to connect to my fans on twitter and interact with them, daily. YouTube has been a game changer as well - people around the world have been exposed to my comedy through my YouTube channel.” PeopleWorldWellsHas BeensAbleGamesSocialComedyFansMediaChangedSocial MediaAround The WorldExposedYoutubeGame Changers Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“In America, racism exists but racists are all gone. Racists belong to the past. Racists are the thin-lipped mean white people in the movies about the civil rights era. Here's the thing: the manifestation of racism has changed but the language has not. So if you haven't lynched somebody then you can't be called a racist. If you're not a bloodsucking monster, then you can't be called a racist. Somebody has to be able to say that racists are not monsters.” PeopleIfsMeanAbleAmericaPastLanguageWhiteGoneRightsHavensChangedRacismMonstersCivil RightsErasManifestationRacist Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“I nearly died three times in 2008, and when you go through those experiences, you realize that you're blessed every day that you wake up. My world changed, my life changed, and with the help of my wife Jane, I was able to survive.” WorldHelpingAbleThreeRealizingWifeChangedWake UpDiedBlessedMy WifeLife ChangingThree TimesJaneChanged My Life Author:Jon Anderson
“I never have changed in my taste, and the things that I love, and the way that I act, and all that. I never wanted to change, I just wanted to be successful, and be able to do more things for more people, and for myself as well.” PeopleWayWellsAbleWantedSuccessfulChangedTasteBeing Successful Author:Dolly Parton
“Our past cannot be changed, and to be preoccupied with it is inefficient in time and effort. Likewise, by fretting over the future, we only exhaust ourselves, making us less able to effectively respond when the future is actually upon us. By worrying about a mishap that may or may not take place, we're forced to undergo the event twice-once when imagining it and once again if and when we actually experience it.” IfsMayAblePastEffortWorryMeditationEventsChangedOur PastIfs AndFrettingMishaps Author:H. E Davey
“Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is - for people to be able to live.” PeopleShouldAbleChangedWelfareFund Author:Sheila Jackson Lee
“I was appointed U.S. attorney by President [George] Bush on September 10th, 2001, and the world changed enormously the next day, and that happened in my state.I will make no apologies, ever, for protecting the lives and the safety of the American people. We have to give more tools to our folks to be able to do that, not fewer, and then trust those people and oversee them to do it the right way.” PeopleWorldWayGivingStatesAbleNextPresidentHappenedChangedToolsSafetyFolksFewerApologySeptemberRight WayNext DayAttorney Author:Chris Christie
“TV has changed so much, from the fact that there are so many channels available now to spoilers. There were no blogs when I was on Buffy. There were no weekly magazines, aside from People. Now, to be able keep your secrets for your show is so hard.” PeopleHardShowsAbleSecretChangedMagazinesBlogs Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar
“The definition of what it means to be dying has changed radically. We are able to extend people's lives considerably, including sometimes, good days.” PeopleMeanSometimesAbleDyingChangedIncludingDefinitionsGood Day Author:Atul Gawande
“During the financial crisis, I worked with hundreds of executives who struggled as a result of their thoughts about job security. When their beliefs changed, so did their emotional experience - and they were then able to focus on the task at hand more effectively.” HandsAbleJobsBeliefResultsFocusSecurityChangedEmotionalTasksCrisisFinancialExecutivesFinancial CrisisTask At Hand Author:Andrew Bernstein
“The big thing that Moneypenny changed was the amount of charity work that I was able to be involved with.” BigsAbleChangedAmountInvolvedCharityBig ThingsCharity Work Author:Samantha Bond
“I don't know how much things have changed. You still need to be able to run the ball, pick up blitzes and catch the ball out of the backfield. Perhaps you need a running back to do a little bit more or be more versatile today but that is a good thing. People say we get hurt and don't last as long, but it's still an important position and you need everyone in the backfield to be able to contribute.” PeopleKnowsNeedsLittlesLongStillsImportantRunningTodayAbleLastsBitsHurtKnow HowPositionChangedLittle BitPicksBallsGood ThingsThings Have ChangedVersatileRunning Back Author:Giovani Bernard
“People who have been in and around government and politics for their entire lives may no longer be able to see the truth. Our government must be fundamentally reformed. The system has to be changed. Our politics can no longer tinker on the edges.” PeopleMayHas BeensGovernmentAbleChangedEdgesGovernment And Politics Author:Carly Fiorina
“I don't think my playing style has really changed over the years; it's just gotten better. I can hear the improvement in comparing older records and later records. I'm referring to soloing ability, to having a better sound, to knowing chords better, and getting rhythmically stronger. It also has to do with ideas - learning how to edit your ideas and being better able to follow ideas out to a logical conclusion.” ThinkingYearsI CanIdeasAbleSoundAbilityKnowingRecordsStyleChangedStrongerImprovementConclusionCompareLogicalChordsEditsReferring Author:Gary Bartz
“I had read the scripts that Nora Ephron had written as a movie about Mike McAlary. We were never able to make it at HBO because we couldn't cast it properly and when I left I called Nora and said, "Look, I actually think that the movie luckyguyindustry has changed. It's very unlikely that you'd be able to make this as a movie. I actually think it's a play."” ThinkingLooksSaidPlayAbleLeftWrittenChangedScriptsCastsUnlikelyMikeHbo Author:Colin Callender
“You must learn to forgive yourself as easily as you forgive others. And then take a further step and use all that energy that you used in condemning yourself for improving yourself. After that I really started to get somewhere - because there's only one person you can change and that's yourself. After you have changed yourself, you might be able to inspire others to look for change.” LooksPersonsUseMightAbleUsedEnergyStepsChangedInspireForgivingImprovingForgive YourselfCondemningInspire OthersImproving YourselfLearn To ForgiveYou Have ChangedCondemning Yourself Author:Peace Pilgrim
“The Obama administration has admitted that under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor. At first the president guaranteed you'd be able to keep your doctor, and now they're saying you 'might' be able to. Today Obama changed his slogan from 'Yes we can' to 'Perhaps we could try. Can't promise anything.'” TryingFirstsMightTodayAblePresidentChangedPromiseDoctorsAdministrationSlogansObamacareYes We Can Author:Jay Leno
“My life changed when I was able to not only get seated in nice restaurants, I was given free appetizers. That was like, "Oh, my God, I've arrived".” AbleGivenNiceChangedLife ChangingRestaurantsAppetizers Author:Matt Groening
“I think of this a lot in the terms of books. Of course there's a big to-do culturally about e-books versus print books, sales models. The paradigm has changed but my perspective on it is that there's not going to be another paradigm to alight on because everything will continue to evolve so quickly that our brains won't be able to keep up with it.” ThinkingBookBigsAbleCoursesTermBrainChangedPerspectiveModelsEvolvePrintVersusParadigmPrint Books Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“There's also an immediacy to everything that has changed everybody's expectations. Now if I can't get a hold of somebody on their cell phone I'm, like, angry with them. And in my mind, all the things that I really value in terms of art, really good novels or films or comics, I know they all take a long, long time to create, and they take a lot of concentration and dedication...and I just feel like the training for that is becoming more and more rare when people are used to seeing things like YouTube clips, and being able to acquire things instantly.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsMindLongArtI CanAbleFilmUsedValuesTermNovelSeeingChangedLike YouBecomingLong TimeTrainingExpectationsAngryPhonesCellsAcquireConcentrationDedicationYoutubeCell PhoneBecoming MoreClipImmediacy Author:Adrian Tomine
“If you change a location opportunistically, to gain a day on the schedule, which I did more than once, you have to re-rig everything creatively on the spot, and you not only have to be able to do that, but do it with great fluency to keep moving. I used to go apeshit when anything got changed in a film but you live and learn, and I have learned.” IfsAbleFilmMovingUsedChangedGainsSpotsI Have LearnedLocationSchedulesKeep MovingLive And LearnRigsFluencyYou Live And Learn Author:William Monahan
“There are a whole lot of reasons to be very happy that our brains are able to adapt and adapt so readily because we do strengthen and become more efficient at things we do a lot of in changed ways of thinking that we might need.” ThinkingWayNeedsReasonWholeMightAbleBrainChangedEfficientVery HappyWay Of Thinking Author:Nicholas G. Carr
“Borlaug would be one figure that I think fundamentally changed India, China, all of Southeast Asia, and gave them the time to be able to build on other things.” ThinkingWould BeAbleFiguresChangedIndiaChinaAsiaSoutheast Asia Author:Juan Enriquez
“Consumer habits have changed dramatically. People have gotten used to getting the news they want, when they want it, how they want it, and where they want it. And this change is here to stay. Despite all the dire reports about the state of the newspaper industry, we are actually in the middle of a golden age for news consumers who can surf the Net, use search engines, access the best stories from around the world, and be able to comment, interact, and form communities.” PeopleWorldWantStatesStoriesUseAgeAbleFormUsedCommunityMiddleChangedIndustryHabitNewsAccessNewspapersGoldenDespiteAround The WorldConsumersReportsCommentEnginesSurfGolden AgeSearch Engine Author:Arianna Huffington
“What has become clear to me is that it is not the inherent nature of being gay that causes such a reduced life; it is, rather, the social circumstances around being gay: the perceptions of it and the cultural norms that it is said to violate. As some of those norms have changed, I have been able to be gay, to have a marriage, to have a family, and to have - if there is wood to knock on - a fortunate and happy life.” IfsHas BeensSaidAbleSocialCausesClearChangedCircumstancesGayPerceptionWoodsFortunateHappy LifeInherentNormBeing Gay Author:Andrew Solomon
“I get hit everyday with people everyday saying I remember this record from that, this changed my life or this record was playing when this happened so I'm thankful for that. On the other side I look at it like I got to do so many things in life I never thought I'd be able to do so who am I to complain about what position I'm in or not in. I gotta be thankful for everything that occurred in my career. That's how I look at it.” PeopleLooksAbleRememberSidesCareersRecordsHappenedPositionChangedEverydayComplainingThings In LifeBeing ThankfulChanged My Life Author:Mic Geronimo
“I think we came out and got the first goals fairly easily and fairly quickly. All of a sudden they started to change the defense and they changed things up on us and I thought we got a little too comfortable. I give their goalie credit, he made some very good saves, but we just wanted to score. We changed some things halfway through the fourth quarter and we were able to generate some shots. I think for most of the year we've been good on offense. We haven't really struggled like that. We knew coming into the season that we'd have to share the ball on offense and really be efficient.” ThinkingGivingYearsFirstsLittlesMadeAbleWantedGoalShareHavensChangedComfortableShotsSeasonsBallsVery GoodCreditDefenseScoreQuartersEfficientFourthOffenseHalfwayLacrosseGoaliesFourth Quarter Author:John Desko
“I mean, let's take the average spouse. You know, you show up in an employer's, you know, office, and it's shown that you've changed jobs every two years. Well, to many employers that could be viewed as a red flag. But the truth is, is that you've made those moves because you're serving your country, and each time you've found a career, and you've been able to provide for your family, and you've continued to volunteer, and on and on and on.” KnowsYearsWellsMeanMadeTwoCountryShowsAbleJobsMovingFoundCareersChangedTruth IsOfficeRedAverageOur FamilyTwo YearsServingFlagsVolunteerSpouseEmployersRed FlagsYou've Changed Author:Michelle Obama
“For me, something that's been always really important to me, that's also really served me well in hindsight, is doing different things, trying to cross different genres, and dipping my toes into comedy and drama and action here and there. Fortunately, as I've been working, the industry has also changed where you're able to dip your toes into different mediums, where it's not just independent film and studio film, but now you've got TV, and you're able to do all these different things. For me, it's just a matter of continually pushing myself and challenging myself.” TryingWellsImportantDifferentMatterAbleActionFilmChallengesComedyChangedTvsIndustryDramaCrossesIndependentStudiosMediumsGenreDifferent ThingsPushingToesHere And ThereHindsightIndependent FilmDipDifferent GenresChallenging Myself Author:Michelle Monaghan