“A breast cancer might turn out to have a close resemblance to a gastric cancer. And this kind of reorganization of cancer in terms of its internal genetic anatomy has really changed the way we treat and approach cancer in general.” WayKindMightTurnsTermChangedApproachTreatsCancerBreastsInternalsBreast CancerAnatomyResemblanceReorganizationGastric Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“It's not that comedy has changed in terms of what's funny. For me, it's changed in that sometimes I don't feel my finger is on the pulse.” FeelsSometimesTermComedyChangedFingersPulse Author:Bobby Lee
“We have worked very hard to accommodate the requests from the Mayor and the Council that changed the terms of the agreement that brought the Montreal Expos to Washington. Because we believe in the future of Baseball in the nation's capital, we have signed a lease that honors the 2004 agreement, while conforming to the emergency legislation that the Council passed last month.” BelieveHardLastsNationsTermChangedMonthsHonorBaseballAgreementLegislationConformEmergenciesCouncilRequestMayorsAccommodateMontrealLease Author:Bob DuPuy
“That is the American story. People, just like you, following their passions, determined to meet the times on their own terms. They weren't doing it for the money. Their titles weren't fancy. But they changed the course of history and so can you.” PeopleStoriesAmericaPassionCoursesTermChangedLike YouFollowingDeterminedTitlesFancyStory People Author:Barack Obama
“Not counting Small Steps, I think Holes is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story revealed itself. It hasn’t changed my life, other than that I have more money than I did before I wrote it. I’m still too close to Small Steps to compare it to Holes.” ThinkingWayStillsBookStoriesTermStepsChangedHolesSettingSettingsComparePlotMore MoneyCountingChanged My LifeSmall Steps Author:Louis Sachar
“In terms of my career, having the gold definitely changed my life. The Olympics are different, you know? They're every four years and it's such a small group.” KnowsYearsDifferentTermCareersFourGroupsChangedGoldFour YearsOlympicsChanged My LifeSmall Groups Author:Kristi Yamaguchi
“The developments in the North were those loosely embraced in the term modernization and included urbanization, industrialization,and mechanization. While those changes went forward apace, the antebellum South changed comparatively little, clinging to its rural, agricultural, labor-intensive economy and its traditional folk culture.” LittlesCultureTermEconomyChangedDevelopmentLaborSouthFolksTraditionalClingingIndustrializationModernizationMechanizationUrbanizationAntebellum Author:C. Vann Woodward
“As a woman, she [Penelope Cruz] obviously has changed as she has become an adult. But, as an actress, I actually might say that she has not changed that much. And she has something great, especially in comedy, and she hasn't been exploited as much as she could be in comedy, but particularly in that mix between comedy and drama. She's got a very special quality about her. You can place her in very extreme situations, especially very painful situations, in terms of how her character interprets it. And sometimes, the deeper and more human that pain is, the better she is at it.” HumansSometimesCharacterPainTermQualitySituationComedySpecialChangedDramaAdultsPainfulDeeperExtremesActressesCruzPainful Situations Author:Pedro Almodovar
“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
“"I've become a huge fan of term limits," the former aide said, "because Armey and the others in leadership used to be just like you and your crew in their approach to spending. They have changed over the years."” YearsSaidPoliticalUsedPoliticsTermFansChangedHugeLike YouLimitsApproachSpendingUsed To BeFormerCrewTerm Limits Author:Mark Sanford
“I think football management has obviously changed and evolved in terms of practices and methods, but I would say the values we strive to hold are the same as great men like Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley.” ThinkingMenValuesTermPracticeChangedFootballManagementMethodBillsStriveGreat MenBobPaisley Author:Brendan Rodgers
“And to be fair, most documentaries are half an hour too long, anyway. Let's not kid ourselves. Most movies are an hour too long. I will say that the internet has changed everything in terms of distribution and because of iTunes and other outlets like that, length is no longer something you really think about, in my opinion. It's irrelevant.” ThinkingLongKidsTermHoursHalfOpinionChangedInternetFairsLengthDocumentariesIrrelevantDistributionOutletsItunes Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“The only difference between causation and the value is that the word "cause" implies absolute certainty whereas the implied meaning of "value" is one of preference. In classical science it was supposed that the world always works in terms of absolute certainty and that "cause" is the more appropriate word to describe it. But in modern quantum physics all that is changed. Particles "prefer" to do what they do. An individual particle is not absolutely committed to one predictable behavior. What appears to be an absolute cause is just a very consistent pattern of preferences.” WorldValuesIndividualCausesTermDifferencesModernChangedBehaviorAbsolutesPatternsCommittedPhysicsCertaintyConsistentAppropriateQuantumPreferenceParticlesPredictableQuantum PhysicsImpliedCausationAbsolute Certainty Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“Do you know how much money you would save if you changed your light bulb to compact florescent light bubs? How much would you save if you decreased your temperature of your house in the winter by one degree, or increase it by one degree? We just don't know these numbers, but I think displays could make it a memorable change in terms of attention, and also help us translate it in terms of concrete ways on what you can get.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayHelpingLightHouseTermNumbersAttentionKnow HowChangedDegreesIncreaseWinterMemorableDo You KnowDisplayConcreteTranslateTemperatureBulbsCompactLight BulbYou Changed Author:Dan Ariely
“But obviously, things have changed in many ways since the '50s, when the show is started, in terms of sexuality, and how much access we have to images of it and information about it. But, the same problems always apply. It doesn't matter whether we know a lot more about sex now or if there's a lot more access to it. The same problems of intimacy, of dealing with other people, of connecting and being vulnerable with other people, which is what the show is ultimately about, still applies now, I think.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayStillsMatterShowsProblemSexTermInformationChangedSexualityAccessVulnerableIntimacyConnectingThings Have Changed Author:Michael Sheen
“In terms of sexual orientation I don't really feel I've changed ... I'd been with men all my life, and I'd never fallen in love with a woman. But when I did, it didn't seem so strange. I'm just a woman in love with another woman.” MenFeelsSeemsTermChangedStrangeFallenOrientationAnother WomanI've Changed Author:Cynthia Nixon
“I'm older, wiser and richer, and I still have just as many headaches. It hasn't changed me drastically; certainly, not in terms of relationships. The people I'm close to, and there aren't many of them, have been close for a long time. And we know each other well enough to know it isn't the quantity of time you spend together, it's the quality.” PeopleKnowsWellsLongHas BeensStillsEnoughTogetherTermQualityChangedLong TimeQuantityWiserHeadache Author:Billy Squier
“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.
“It's changed dramatically in our lifetimes. Communism is gone, so now the global war is framed in religious terms. Fundamentalist religion is rampant on all sides of this war. It casts a very dark shadow over non-fundamentalist religion.” WarSidesTermReligiousDarkGoneChangedShadowLifetimeCastsCommunismFundamentalistFramedFundamentalist Religion Author:Zachary Lazar
“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
“I think one of the biggest things that's changed in terms of the rapport with the crowd is that now crowds come to hear our songs. We're getting closer and closer to an artist performance.” ThinkingArtistSongTermChangedPerformancesCrowdsRapport Author:A-Trak
“I look back and think of all the times I've had to let things go in the past, and how traumatic it seemed while it was happening, but how my understanding of it changed as time passed - and oftentimes things that seem really difficult and traumatic in the short term seem a lot less difficult and traumatic in the long term. So I remind myself of that.” ThinkingLooksLongSeemsPastDifficultUnderstandingTermChangedHappeningsLong TermShort TermTime PassesLetting Things Go Author:Moby
“Bill Pullman is older than Aaron Eckhart - although I was older too - and the age difference changes the play. My perspective on those issues had changed a lot. Without going into nerdy details about that play, there was something that still stuck with me. I still had the same joy in that dialogue and David Mamet's rhythm in terms of his writing. I felt like there was still something to explore.” WritingStillsPlayAgeJoyFeltTermDifferencesIssuesChangedPerspectiveBillsDetailsStuckDialogueRhythmNerdyAge Difference Author:Julia Stiles
“Reinvention means you're kind of re-creating somebody. Well, I'm the same person, in terms of values. My priorities - my faith, my family, my friends, the values of personal responsibility and universality of freedom, and "to whom much is given, much is required" - haven't changed [since presidency].” WellsKindMeanPersonsValuesGivenTermResponsibilityHavensChangedCreatingMy FriendsMy FamilyPrioritiesPresidencyPersonal ResponsibilityUniversalityReinvention Author:George W. Bush
“We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.” MenWorldTermCommunityViewsChangedTrumpPrayingHope And Pray Author:Al Sharpton