#chan

In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want to see is how people cope, and so the character are present to cope, or fail to cope. ↗

— James Gunn

#change #character #characters #cope #environment

It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! ↗

— Thom Gunn

#by the time #certain #change #closet #department

It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour. ↗

— G. I. Gurdjieff

#changing #continually #even #greatest #half

Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles. ↗

— Buddy Guy

#ask #because #bells #bells and whistles #cars

You want to play in every game, and you especially don't want to be in the penalty box for five minutes and give the other team a chance to get a power play, and you don't want to hurt anyone on the other team. ↗

— Carl Hagelin

#box #chance #especially #every #five

I wanna change the game in way where I'm not knocking nobody out of the way, not claiming to be the best at this or that, but just doing wonders with the gift I've been given. ↗

— Anthony Hamilton

#best #change #claiming #doing #game

Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today. ↗

— William L. Jenkins

#being #changed #course #felt #over

That's what it's about, how society changes people but people can also change society. It only takes a few people to do things and help themselves instead of sitting around on their asses. She has a very global outlook on life and all sorts of things. ↗

— Mary Hansen

#also #around #asses #change #changes

In the beginning, New York and I had kind of a love-hate relationship. It seemed so abrasive compared to Europe. But the transformation here in recent years is really something. I don't think I would have seen as much change if I'd lived in any other city in the world. ↗

— Shalom Harlow

#beginning #change #city #compared #europe

I like this job - most days I have a chance to make breakfast and take the kids to school or to read 'em a bedtime story. It's almost like a normal life. ↗

— Mark Harmon

#bedtime #breakfast #chance #days #i