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cross that person off your invitation list.

Crime seems to change character when it crosses a bridge or a tunnel. In the city, crime is taken as emblematic of class and race. In the suburbs though, it's intimate and psychological, a mystery resist to generalization, a mystery of the individual soul.

Cultural transformation announces itself in sputtering fits and starts, sparked here and there by minor incidents, warmed by new ideas that may smolder for decades. In many different places, at different times, the kindling is laid for the real conflagration-the one that will consume the old landmarks and alter the landscape forever.

Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.

Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you're on a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Of course, there are other strategies. You can change riders. You can get a committee to study the dead horse. You can benchmark how other companies ride dead horses. You can declare that it's cheaper to feed a dead horse. You can harness several dead horses together. But after you've tried all these things, you're still going to have to dismount.

Death is a withdrawal of consciousness. It's like taking attention from here and putting it there.

Death is very likely the single best invention of life.

Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.

. . . denn da ist keine Stelle, die dich nicht sieht. Du musst dein Leben andern. (... for there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life.)

Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it's as if another writer is on the scene.

Design is both a political and cultural force for change, although most designers choose not to think about the power it has.

Despite our differences, we are all in this together. No act of kindness or compassion goes unnoticed. To change the world, take compassionate action within your immediate sphere of influence. To change yourself, start by being still and making time just to listen.

Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn't change one person at a time. It changes when networks of relationships form among people who share a common cause and vision of what's possible. This is good news for those of us intent on creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our work is to foster critical connections. We don't need to convince large numbers of people to change; instead, we need to connect with kindred spirits. Through these relationships, we will develop the new knowledge, practices, courage and commitment that lead to broad-based change.

Disarming behavior, where you have two sides involved in a conflict that everybody has stereotypes of the evil other side that is convinced that they would never ever do something reasonable. If a leader on one of those sides were to defy those stereotypes then it would change everything.

Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change.

Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future.

Divorce is just about change, you know. It's God saying, You need a change. And I'm going to make it so your bank account only has change.

Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned

Does a man shrink from change? Why, what can come into being save by change?

Don't be afraid of change, because it is leading you to a new beginning.

Do not listen to those who say there is nothing you can do to the very real and large social and environmental issues of our time.

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

Don't be afraid to change the model.

Do not determine to change your life eventually. If you have decided to change your life, it is already changing.

Don't be deceived into thinking that by changing the external, the internal will be changed. It works the other way around; the path that needs changing is the one in your mind.

Don't ever believe that you are going to be peaceful-life is not like that. When you are changing all the time, you've got to continue to keep adjusting to change, which means that you are going to be constantly facing new obstacles. That's the joy of living. And once you are involved in the process of becoming, there is no stopping. You're doomed! You're gone! But what a fantastic journey! Every day is new. Every flower is new. Every face is new. Everything in the world is new, every morning of your life. Stop seeing it as a drag!

Don’t judge yourself by others’ standards…have your own. And don’t get caught up into the trap of changing yourself to fit the world. The world has to change to fit you. And if you stick to your principles, values and morals long enough, it will.

Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

Don't let yourself be weighed down by what other people think, because in a few years, in a few decades, or in a few centuries, that way of thinking will have changed. Live now what others will only live in the future.

Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it

Don't shut down your emotions. Embrace them. Your emotions are your internal compass telling you whether or not you are on track. Use them to help cultivate your passions or motivate you to change situations and circumstances that hold you back from achieving your goals.

Don't travel alone....meet up with others who are traveling also on the path of change, you can learn from each other a lot and together carry more learning experiences (social learning and collective intelligence). -Nadia Gabriela Dresscher

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.

Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name.

Do things the ego does not like to do.

Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor of it, But why not begin on yourself? From a purely selfish standpoint, that is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others - yes, and a lot less dangerous.

Do you live in a mine field or a garden? When we live in a minefield mentality, we explode with the weeds of worry, doubt, fear, lack and limitation. Choose to cultivate your inner garden!

Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?

Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in

Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.

During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what should be changed or introduced. A willingness to depart from the familiar has distinct survival value.

Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new.

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.

Each of us has the ability to act powerfully for change; together we can restore that ancient and sustaining harmony.

Each one of us must carry within the proof of immortality, it cannot be given from outside of us. To be sure, everything in natureis change but behind the change there is something eternal.

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.

During my Austin years, I was drawing a regular strip for the University Of Texas newspaper, going to school, delivering blood, and trying to change my approach and "style" as much as I could, since I knew that I'd calcify as I got older.

Each era invents its own child. Over the past 500 years, conceptions of the child changed gradually from an ill-formed adult who must be subjugated to society's goals to a precious being who must be protected from unreasonable social demands. Childhood has come to be seen as a special period of life, rather than as a temporary state of no lasting importance for adulthood.