“I have changed my definition of tragedy. I now think tragedy is not foul deeds done to a person (usually noble in some manner) but rather that tragedy is irresolvable conflict.” ThinkingPersonsDoneChangedConflictTragedyDefinitionsDeedsNobleFoulDeeds DoneI Have Changed Book:Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“A good film to me is like lightning in a bottle. I used to think that meant hit and run. But then I've changed my definition about what lightning in a bottle means. I think it means that you wait for that surprising moment that you really didn't expect would happen, as good as it may have gone in rehearsal.” ThinkingMayMeanMomentsHappensRunningFilmUsedWaitingGoneChangedDefinitionsBottlesSurprisingLightningRehearsalGood FilmsI've Changed Author:Don Scardino
“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
“Everything about the enterprise, and then by definition the software the enterprise uses has changed - just in the last 5 years.” YearsUseLastsChangedBuildingDefinitionsEnterpriseSoftware Author:Aaron Levie
“My spiritual path has largely been Christianity - a label that I embraced and then rejected and have partially embraced again, as my understanding of Christianity has changed over time. When I accepted the mainstream, dogmatic definition of Christianity there came a point when I had to say, "Well, if that's what a Christian is, I'm not one."” IfsWellsChristianSpiritualUnderstandingChristianityPathChangedDefinitionsAcceptedLabelsMainstreamRejectedSpiritual PathDogmatic Author:Tim DeChristopher
“The rules of parenting have changed. By the modern definition, we were a generation of neglected children.” ChildrenGenerationsModernChangedDefinitionsNeglectedNeglected Child Author:Richard Linklater
“The definition of the word nerd has changed. It's now any attractive person with a hobby. The loneliness component is no longer included.” PersonsLonelinessChangedDefinitionsAttractiveHobbiesComponentsNerd Author:Gary Gulman
“Think of a crucible as an occasion for real magic, the creation of something more valuable than an alchemist could possibly imagine. In it, the individual is transformed, changed, created anew. He or she grows in ways that change his or her definition of self.” ThinkingWayRealSelfIndividualGrowsImagineMagicCreationChangedDefinitionsValuableOccasionsTransformedAlchemistCrucible Author:Warren G. Bennis