#high

Winners know what makes people tick by effectively tapping into our fears and aspirations. By listening very carefully and then repeating almost word-for-word exactly what they’ve heard, winners know how to articulate compelling needs—and products to satisfy those needs—that people didn’t even know they wanted. ↗

— Frank I. Luntz

#business

Listen. In every office you hear the threads of love and joy and fear and guilt, the cries for celebration and reassurance, and somehow you know that connecting those threads is what you are supposed to do and business takes care of itself. ↗

— Susan Scott

#business

High school is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship - nor, contrary to popular belief, an anarchic state. High school is a divine-right monarchy. And when the queen goes on vacation, things change. ↗

— John Green

#system #change

No, it's okay. It was just … weird. No one has ever called me hot before.” “Really?” Trace frowned. “Well, that changes right now.” He ceased walking, stopping in the dead center of the pathway and reached for my hands. “Jade Cannon, you are totally hot!” Trace announced loudly, and people nearby stopped to stare at us after his outburst. I couldn't help but laugh. ↗

— Chelsea Lynn Charters

#high-school #teenage-love #the-gossip-web #young-adult #change

If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I would immediately change my mind. As things stand, however, all available evidence (and there is a vast amount of it) favours evolution. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#change

Well I am from Annapolis Maryland. I went to High school in Baltimore, but I grew up in Annapolis. It was a cute town. We lived on a waterfront community. It was good, even though I don't really fit the preppy boater kind of style. ↗

— Christian Siriano

#baltimore #community #cute #even #fit

Because sometimes Lucky wanted to change everything, all the bad things that had happened, and sometimes she wanted everything to stay the same forever. ↗

— Susan Patron

#higher-power #lucky #change

he loved her deeply and irrevocably. His life would be forever changed and if she weren't in his life, well, it would be meaningless". ↗

— Laura Hunsaker

#change

At moments of departure and a change of life, people capable of reflecting on their actions usually get into a serious state of mind. At these moments they usually take stock of the past and make plans for the future. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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Doctor Who is a wonderful example of a TV show changing its format in order to continue producing: the departure of William Hartnell and the decision for the Doctor to change body, form, and personality but still be the same (alien) man is still a stunning creative innovation on the part of Innes Lloyd: “an opportunity to tweak the show’s format whilst at the same time maintaining the integrity of its fictional universe.”(22) This, of course, has enabled the show to run much longer than the producers could then imagine: now to include eleven recognized canon Doctors, and a superb capacity... ↗

— Anthony Burdge

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