“You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.” PeopleLooksChangedContribution Author:Brad Paisley
“A screenwriter heard me read from my novel 'The Wishbones' when it was still in progress and mentioned me to some producers in Hollywood. They called, and I told them I had a novel in my drawer about a high school election that goes haywire. They asked to take a look, and my life changed pretty dramatically as a result.” LooksStillsSchoolResultsNovelProgressHeardChangedHigh SchoolHollywoodElectionProducersLife ChangingScreenwritersDrawersWishbones Author:Tom Perrotta
“When you change your state of mind, your whole life changes, nothing remains the same. Nothing looks the same, because you have changed.” MindLooksStatesWholeAwarenessChangedBuddhismRemainsWhole LifeLife ChangingState Of MindYou Have Changed Author:Frederick Lenz
“I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family members apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot.” YearsLooksStillsPiecesMilitaryChangedWallMembersPaperShotsMy FamilyGreenPocketsChemicalsGrandfatherFamily MembersColonelsConfederateCompositesGreat GrandfatherCavalry Author:Anson Mount
“When you look at a person, any person, everyone has a story. Everyone has gone through something that has changed their life. Anxiety, depression and panic attacks are not signs of weakness. They are signs of trying to remain strong for way too long.” WayTryingLooksPersonsLongStoriesStrongGoneChangedAnxietyWeaknessPanicPanic AttacksEveryone Has A StoryAnxiety Depression Author:Deepika Padukone
“The way men are seen in photography, in fashion, and the way that men look at pictures of themselves has changed in recent years. It is a subject that has come into focus: The masculine image, a man's personal style, changing attitudes to the male face and body.” MenWayYearsLooksBodyFacesAttitudeFocusSubjectsFashionStyleChangedPhotographyMalesMasculinePersonal StyleChanging Attitude Author:Mario Testino
“The sport has changed so much since 2004, it's incredible. If you look even at me, the way I'm fencing now compared to 2004, it's a completely different sport. They've changed so many things just with what [the referees] are calling, they've changed the timing of the [scoring] lights. You always have to be evolving as a fencer. The Olympics is interesting because it's such a small field compared to what we're used to. This world championships, I think we had a hundred and something [athletes]. The Olympics is going to be less than 32.” IfsThinkingWorldWayLooksDifferentLightUsedSportsInterestingFieldsThis WorldChangedCallingHundredIncrediblesAthleteEvolveTimingOlympicsChampionshipRefereeFencing Author:Mariel Zagunis
“A bird in the open never looks Like its picture in the birdie books - Or if it once did, it has changed its plumage, And plunges you back into ignorant gloomage.” IfsLooksBookChangedBirdIgnorantPlunge Author:Ogden Nash
“You can always look back and see where you might have done something differently, changed this or that. If you can learn something, fine, but never second-guess yourself. It's wasted effort.... Does worrying about it, complaining about it, change it? Nope, it just wastes your time. And if you complain about it to other people, you're also wasting their time. Nothing is gained by wasting all of that time.” PeopleIfsLooksDoeDoneMightMotivationalEffortWorryChangedFineWasteComplaining Author:John Wooden
“Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once changed will never exist again in the infinite duration of time. But thou, in what a brief space of time is thy existence? And why art thou not content to pass through this short time in an orderly way?” IfsWayHumansLooksArtSpaceExistenceChangedInfiniteSmokeOrderlyDurationShort Time Book:The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Source: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
“Sometimes I think some of my fellow novelists who have not worked in television and film are very naive about this process. They get an offer and there's the dump truck full of money and they sign it, they cash the check and then they're not involved in the series. They may get invited to the premiere and they come out of the premiere looking like all of their children had just been gassed, with a stunned look on their face because everything has been changed.” ThinkingLooksMayChildrenHas BeensSometimesFilmFacesProcessChangedTelevisionInvolvedOffersFellowsSeriesChecksNovelistsCashInvitedNaiveTruckDumpStunnedPremieres Author:George R. R. Martin
“When I turned 25, something changed in me. I see children in my future 100%. Soon. I started thinking I want my kids to look back and say, 'Wasn't Mummy amazing?' I've really started thinking about what I'm leaving for them.” ThinkingWantLooksChildrenKidsChangedLeavingMy FutureMummy Author:Jessie J
“After 9/11, we had to look at the world differently. After 9/11, we had to recognize that when we saw a threat, we must take it seriously before it comes to hurt us. In the old days we'd see a threat, and we could deal with it if we felt like it or not. But 9/11 changed it all.” IfsWorldLooksFeltHurtDealsSawsChangedThreatOld Days Author:George W. Bush
“You remember when you were maybe five years old and you went out in the morning and you looked at the day - and it was a very, very beautiful day. You looked at flowers and they were very beautiful flowers. Twenty-five years later, you get up in the morning, you take a look at the flowers - they are wilted. The day isn't a happy day. Well, what's changed? You know they are the same flowers, it's the same world. Something must have changed. Well, probably it was you.” KnowsWorldYearsWellsLooksBeautifulRememberMorningFiveChangedFlowerTwentiesGet UpFive YearsRemember WhenTwenty FiveVery BeautifulFive Year OldsHappy DayBeautiful DayBeautiful Flower Book:Scientology, a New Slant on Life Source: Scientology, a New Slant on Life
“I've changed the way I look a bit but not intentionally. I've cut my hair. I've got a bit of pink in it and lately I've become a bit monochrome, wearing a lot of black and white.” WayLooksBitsBlackWhiteCuttingChangedHairBlack And WhiteI've ChangedMonochrome Author:Ellie Goulding
“Humans have changed the landscape so much, but images of the sea could be shared with primordial people. I just project my imagination on to the viewer, even the first human being. I think first and then imagine some scenes. Then I go out and look for them. Or I re-create these images with my camera. I love photography because photography is the most believable medium. Painting can lie, but photography never lies: that is what people used to believe.” PeopleThinkingFirstsBelieveHumansLooksUsedLyingImaginationHuman BeingsImagineSeaChangedPaintingSceneProjectsPhotographyCamerasPhotographerMediumsLandscapeViewersMy ImaginationBelievableNever LiePhotography Love Author:Hiroshi Sugimoto
“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
“My hair and makeup people and stylists have changed over the years, but they all know sometimes I want to do Marilyn, and on another day I want to do Jackie O. Though sometimes I look back and have to say, "Wow! What were we thinking there?"” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantYearsLooksSometimesChangedHairMakeupWowAnother DayJackieStylistHair And MakeupJackie O Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Relationships help you learn more about what you want. If one doesn't work out, you just kind of look at it and go, Okay, well, this is what I did like and this is what I didn't like, and this is what I did wrong, and maybe I need to be more like this. And so you learn things, and that's why you grow. And you bring all the stuff that you've changed about yourself to a new relationship until you finally find that person you really, really want.” IfsWantNeedsWellsLooksKindPersonsHelpingGrowsStuffChangedOkayWork OutWhat You WantAbout YourselfNew RelationshipYou've Changed Author:Ashley Tisdale
“Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power, yet both Caesar and Antony, brave and clever men, saw none of this. What they saw was a woman who constantly transformed herself before their eyes, a one-woman spectacle.Her dress and makeup changed from day to day, but always gave her a heightened, goddesslike appearance. Her words could be banal enough, but were spoken so sweetly that listeners would find themselves remembering not what she said but how she said it.” MenLooksSaidEnoughRealityEyeRememberPoliticalLyingSawsChangedDressesBraveAppearanceCleverMakeupTransformedListenersDay To DaySeductiveOne WomanPolitical PowerClever ManAntony Author:Robert Greene
“Everywhere we look, technology has changed our daily lives - from the way we pay our bills, to the way we buy plane tickets or keep in touch with friends and family.” WayLooksPayTechnologyChangedBillsPlanesDaily LifeTicketsFamily And Friends Author:Peter Roskam
“The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks - a cute band - but under that they had a real rock n roll thing going on.” LooksRealCuttingRocksChangedBandCleanCombinationCuteBoardsRock N RollLooking Good Author:Joe Perry
“Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.” PeopleWorldWayLooksTalkingStudyChangedBuddhismBuddhistMonkMeditatingMonasteriesThaiBuddhist Monk Author:John Burdett
“Mrs. Lammle's manner changed under the poor silly girl's embraces, and she turned extremely pale: directing one appealing look, first to Mrs. Boffin, and then to Mr. Boffin. Both understood her instantly, with a more delicate subtlety than much better educated people, whose perception came less directly from the heart, could have brought to bear upon the case.” PeopleFirstsLooksHeartCharacterGirlInterestingPoorCasesChangedBearsPerceptionUnderstoodEmbraceSillyEducatedDelicatePaleSubtletyInteresting CharactersSilly Girl Book:Our Mutual Friend Source: Our Mutual Friend
“After what I have seen, I realize that absolutely anything is possible, and that we did not come here to suffer. Life is supposed to be great, and we are very, very loved. The way I look at life has changed dramatically, and I am so glad to have been given a second chance to experience “heaven on earth”.” WayLooksHas BeensEarthLife IsSufferingGivenHeavenRealizingChanceChangedGladSupposed To BeSecond ChanceAnything Is PossibleHeaven On EarthLife Has ChangedGiven A Second Chance Author:Anita Moorjani
“I always drastically changed my look for each role. It's gotten a little tedious in real life, also, because there's no hiding.” LooksLittlesRealRolesChangedReal LifeHidingTedious Author:Nick Offerman
“There are lots of other things that affect state growth besides state taxes. However, the reason I look at taxes is because these are policy variables that can be changed by state governments in order to get better results than they otherwise had.” LooksStatesReasonGovernmentOrderGrowthResultsPolicyChangedTaxesGet BetterVariablesState Government Author:Arthur Laffer
“The popularity of the Internet and using it as an available resource has really changed the way chefs kind of gather information and look for inspiration. To me, a food trend is potentially a lot of people following an idea.” PeopleWayLooksKindIdeasInspirationInformationChangedInternetResourcesFollowingAvailableTrendsPopularityChef Author:Grant Achatz
“The world has obviously changed in terms of the way filmmakers and actors and writers often look at their own careers. They all seem to want to include in their own process - along with some of their iconic and franchise-driven movies.” WorldWayWantLooksSeemsActorsProcessTermCareersChangedDrivenFilmmakerIconic Author:Mark Canton
“My priority as a father should always remain first. My kids look to me as their example. Every decision I make and everything that I do always has to come back to the question, "Does this make me a better father?" "Will my kids benefit from this?" It's no longer just about me…but about my kids. My perspective in life has changed.” ShouldFirstsLooksDoeKidsFatherDecisionExampleChangedPerspectiveBenefitsPrioritiesLife Has Changed Author:Dwyane Wade
“Money has not changed me. When I look at money, each dollar represents an option of something I could not do yesterday.” LooksChangedDollarsYesterday Author:Farrah Gray
“I've changed the way I look at things. When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, "This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records." I have fallen into that trap before.” WayLooksSongNumbersRecordsChangedAmountExpectationsSellsFallenTrapsI've Changed Author:Scott Weiland
“I still have the same outlook on things that I did 10, 20 years ago. As an animator, there’s no career path that you can follow; there’s very few people doing this that you can look to and pinpoint the mistakes. It hasn’t changed since I was little. You have interests and follow them and strange things happen, organically or not.” PeopleYearsLooksLittlesStillsHappensInterestMistakeCareersPathChangedStrangeYears AgoThings HappenOutlookStrange ThingsCareer PathAnimator Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“I changed my headlights the other day. I put in strobe lights instead! Now when I drive at night, it looks like everyone else is standing still.” LooksStillsLightFunnyScienceNightTechnologyChangedStandingStanding StillHeadlightsStrobe Lights Author:Steven Wright
“I watched L'eclisse [1962] with Alain Delon and Monica Vitti. Changed my world. What a glamorous and modern film. This is what a genius is - the thing of a genius. The dresses, the tiny heels, the Cardin look, the boys dressed up as Italian gigolos - it was divine, very modern. [Michelangelo] Antonioni, I loved and I realized: how modern.” WorldLooksFilmBoysModernChangedDivineGeniusDressesI RealizedTinyItalianHeelsGlamorousDressed UpMonicaGigolo Author:Manolo Blahnik
“Isn't the small and common the field we live our life in? The large comes into a life through small-paned windows. A breath is small, but everything depends on it. A person looks at you a single, brief moment longer than is necessary, and everything is changed. The smaller the clue, the larger the meaning, it sometimes feels.” FeelsLooksPersonsSometimesMomentsCommonOur LivesFieldsChangedDependsWindowBreathsClueBrief Moments Author:Jane Hirshfield
“I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my druthers, it would never have been changed at all. What I learned from it is that today seems to be the hardest lesson of all. I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get. I learned to look at all the good in the world and to try to give some of it back because I believed in it completely and utterly.” IfsWorldWayGivingTryingYearsLooksHas BeensSeemsTodayHappenedJourneyChangedLessonsYears AgoDressesHardestGuaranteesDestinationRehearsalChanged My LifeGood In The World Author:Anna Quindlen
“Ultimately the social change has to come from the people who make the movies, so the people who make the movies have to look at the landscape and say to themselves, "Well, you know, these things are changing, and I'm okay with their having changed, and I think it's okay to start reflecting those changes through the movies we make."” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsLooksSocialChangedOkayLandscapeSocial ChangeReflecting Author:Wesley Morris
“When I moved to London in the 1990s, it had changed a great deal. Racism had become deeply uncool. But there has been a return of racism in the guise of "antiterrorism." People who look like myself are immediately suspect. I've become extremely self-conscious about going into crowded public places.” PeopleLooksHas BeensSelfDealsChangedReturnRacismConsciousMovedLondonSuspectsCrowdedSelf ConsciousGuiseUncool Author:Pankaj Mishra
“I was rejected in school because I didn't look like the big-breasted, beautiful girls. I was awkward and sad. My mother always said, "Be original!" but I didn't understand until I changed to be like everyone else.” LooksSaidBigsSchoolBeautifulMotherGirlChangedOriginalsAwkwardRejectedBeautiful Girl Author:Sandra Bullock
“When I look at my life now and all the mistakes I've made, all the bad decisions I've made, all the things I could have done differently or done more in, I don't think I would have changed anything.” ThinkingLooksMadeDoneDecisionMistakeChangedBad Decision Author:Apolo Ohno
“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
“People forget I started on TV as a 7-stone 12-year-old - I'm bound to have changed. I've just grown up and filled out. I haven't been hammering it in the gym, and I haven't been thinking, 'Right, I need to look good.'” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsLooksForgetHavensChangedTvsStonesFilledBoundsGymThinking RightFilled Out Author:Kelvin Fletcher
“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
“It's a little weird when people turn around and look at you, but I don't mind. I really don't think I've changed.” PeopleThinkingMindLooksLittlesTurnsChangedI've Changed Author:Thomas Vanek
“For women in my lifetime things have changed quite a bit, but not enough. They have only changed for women that have education and access to health care in the Western world. But look at the rest of the world. Still in many places, women are sold into premature marriages, prostitution, forced labor; they are forced to have children that they cannot support or that they don't want. They are abused, tortured, exploited and even killed with impunity.” WorldWantLooksChildrenStillsEnoughCareBitsSupportChangedLaborLifetimeWesternAccessHealth CareProstitutionWestern WorldPrematureImpunityThings Have Changed Author:Isabel Allende
“I really learned a lot from collecting clothes because I got to go back into the history of fashion and fashion photography and jewelry. It changed how I felt about fashion and about what I did forever because I used to look a little bit down on myself for it.” LooksLittlesUsedFeltBitsForeverFashionChangedPhotographyLittle BitClothesCollectingJewelryFashion PhotographyHistory Of Fashion Author:Stephanie Seymour
“I started over again with an image: Nothing goes right. Then when The Godfather came out, all I heard was, Show respect. With me, you show respect. So I changed the image to I don't get no respect. I tried it out in Greenwich Village. I remember the first joke I told: Even as a kid, I'd play hide and seek and the other kids wouldn't even look for me. The people laughed. After the show, they started saying to me, Me, too - I don't get no respect. I figured, let's try it again.” PeopleTryingFirstsLooksPlayShowsKidsRememberHeardChangedJokesVillageLaughedNo RespectHide And SeekShow RespectGreenwichGreenwich Village Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“The way we value black beauty has changed. I'm single now, but back in the slave days, I would have never been single. I'm 6 feet tall and I'm strong. Look at me, I'm a Mandingo.” WayLooksValuesStrongBlackFeetChangedSlaveTallLook At MeBlack Beauty Author:Leslie Jones
“Television has changed how we choose our leaders. It elected Ronald Reagan and a host of Kennedy-look-alike congressmen with blow-dried hair and gleaming teeth. It destroyed Senator Joe McCarthy by showing him in action and it created Jerry Falwell.” LooksActionLeaderChangedTelevisionHairBlowTeethDestroyedHostSenatorsJerryCongressmanJoe Mccarthy Author:Ronald Steel