“Nothing had changed. I was the stupid one again. I was the girl who never understood who she was to people.” PeopleGirlStupidChangedUnderstood Book:Tell the Wolves I'm Home Source: Tell the Wolves I'm Home
“So, The Color Purple changed my life. It changed everything about my life because, in that moment of praying and letting go, I really understood the principle of surrender. The principle of surrender is that, after you have done all that you can do, and you've done your best and given it your all, you then have to release it to whatever you call God, or don't call God.” DoneMomentsGivenCan DoPrinciplesChangedColorPrayingLetting GoUnderstoodSurrenderReleaseThat MomentPurpleChanged My Life Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I went to West Texas and started writing a cycle of Americana poems after the space conjured images that, as a child, I only saw on television-John Wayne, cowboys, borderlines. But suddenly, I felt close to these once-foreign imageries and wondered how I'd changed. Each evening brought the darkest skies in the country, and I understood the expansiveness of our inner selves. Ultimately nothing divides us except the worlds and words we allow.” WorldWritingChildrenSelfCountryFeltSpaceSawsSkyChangedTelevisionUnderstoodWestEveningCyclesTexasDividesCowboyImageryInner SelfWayneBorderlineAmericanaExpansivenessWest Texas Author:Nathalie Handal
“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
“While the machinery of law enforcement and indeed the nature of crime itself have changed dramatically since the Fourth Amendment became part of the Nation's fundamental law in 1791, what the Framers understood then remains true today - that the task of combating crime and convicting the guilty will in every era seem of such critical and pressing concern that we may be lured by the temptations of expediency into forsaking our commitment to protecting individual liberty and privacy.” MaySeemsTodayLawIndividualNationsLibertyCrimeChangedUnderstoodCommitmentConcernTasksFundamentalsRemainsCriticalTemptationGuiltyErasPrivacyAmendmentsFourthLaw EnforcementEnforcementMachineryIndividual LibertyExpediencyFramersFourth Amendment Author:William J. Brennan
“I was aware of it but I think I was aware of it abstractly, theoretically. You know I understood who Edward Snowden was and what he did but I didn't really see the relevance that it bore in my life and doing film changed that tune pretty quick.” ThinkingKnowsFilmChangedUnderstoodTunesBoresRelevanceSnowden Author:Zachary Quinto
“By the way, I'm not sure the managing director who was 50 in 2005 understood that the job had changed - that when he or she came out of school in 1986, that it was different. How would they know? We've got to admit that.” KnowsWayDifferentSchoolJobsChangedDirectorsUnderstoodNot Sure Author:Ken Moelis