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• When the Lord makes it clear you're to follow Him in this new direction, focus fully on Him and refuse to be distracted by comparisons with others.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Focus, Lord, Clear

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• Movement in new direction helps find new cheese.

  Spencer Johnson

  Life, Change, Movement

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• What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  "Job Market Strong as Graduates Enter Real World" by Lindsay Hamilton, abcnews.go.com. May 12, 2007.

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• In Jones's experience, the decision to turn one's life around in a different direction rarely arrived with fireworks and marching bands. Often, the decision came with tears and regret. Then, almost impossibly, the power of forgiveness would fill an unseen void, allowing a new day's optimism and sense of purpose to take hold and point that life in a new direction.

  Andy Andrews

  Regret, Optimism, New Day

  Andy Andrews (2009). “The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs is a Little Perspective”, p.110, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I was twenty-one at the time, about to turn twenty-two. No prospect of graduating soon, and yet no reason to quit school. Caught in the most curiously depressing circumstances. For months I'd been stuck, unable to take one step in any new direction. The world kept moving on; I alone was at a standstill. In the autumn, everything took on a desolate cast, the colors swiftly fading before my eyes. The sunlight, the smell of the grass, the faintest patter of rain, everything got on my nerves.

  Haruki Murakami

  Depressing, Moving, Rain

  "A Wild Sheep Chase". Book by Haruki Murakami, 1982.

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• I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. Such activities sometimes concern facets a man does not know he has. How often one goes to sleep troubled and full of pain, not knowing what causes the travail, and in the morning a whole new direction and a clearness is there, maybe the results of the black reasoning. And again there are mornings when ecstasy bubbles in the blood, and the stomach and chest are tight and electric with joy, and nothing in the thoughts to justify it or cause it.

  John Steinbeck

  Morning, Pain, Believe

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.286, Penguin

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• My dream is to be a doctor. I'm almost working in a laboratory, because I'm trying new techniques, new directions and fabrics, new weaving.

  Alber Elbaz

  Dream, Doctors, Trying

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• When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful that he might move the country in a new direction on civil rights.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Country, Moving, Rights

  "Ask What You Can Do For Your Country" by Marian Wright Edelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 22, 2013.

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• There's an outline for each of the books that I adhere to pretty closely, but I'm not averse to taking it in a new direction, as long as I can get it back to where I need it to go.

  Justin Cronin

  Book, Long, Needs

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• This life is made to change all reality. We are here for the benefit, happiness, and welfare of a new reality; a new direction.

  Gerry Lindgren

  Reality, Benefits, Life Is

  Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.

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• Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby. No hitchhiking. And if you want to strike out in any new direction — you go alone. With a machete in your hand and the fear of God in your heart.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Baby, Teacher, Heart

  Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood (1980). “The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction”, p.186, Ultramarine Publishing

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• It often seems easier not to move on; even the muck and mire in which we're stuck seems less fearful and less challenging than the unknown path ahead. Some people use faith as a reason to remain stuck. They often say, "I have faith, so I'm waiting." But faith is not complacent; faith is action. You don't have faith and wait. When you have faith, you move. Complacency actually shows lack of faith. When it's time to move in a new direction in order to progress, the right people will come to us.

  Betty Eadie

  Faith, Moving, Order

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• Whenever I set out in a new direction, whether it's with a new band or being a frontman or writing a comic book or entering into movie scoring or anything like that, I wouldn’t say that I do it fearlessly...

  Tom Morello

  Book, Writing, Band

  Interview with Robin Grearson, logger.believermag.com. August 27, 2013.

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• As the antagonism between those who possess, and those who do not, is becoming more acute day after day, we can already foresee a moment when it will bring about ("entraînera", Fr.) severe (big, high, intense, - "grands", Fr.) disasters, if we do turn (direct, aim, - "dirige", Fr.) life in time the social life in new directions (or ways, - "dans des voies nouvelles", Fr.)

  African Spir

  Way, Becoming, Moments

  "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 46), 1937.

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• If we are genuinely concerned about the environment and the fellow human beings, and want to end territorial disputes, war, crime, poverty, hunger, and the other problems that confront us today, the intelligent use of science and technology are the tools with which to achieve a new direction – one that will serve all people, and not just a select few.

  Jacque Fresco

  War, Intelligent, Technology

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• Giving advice is like playing pinball: only by pushing and pulling can you encourage the ball to go in a new direction and increase your score. But too much pushing and pulling can cause a tilt and stop the game.

  Chip R. Bell

  Games, Giving, Advice

  Chip R. Bell (2002). “Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning”, p.96, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• The intelligent use of science and technology are the tools with which to achieve a new direction.

  Jacque Fresco

  Intelligent, Technology, Tools

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• The Venus Project presents a bold, new direction for humanity that entails nothing less than the total redesign of our culture.

  Jacque Fresco

  Humanity, Culture, Venus

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• I've talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don't really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don't need a solution. They need a new direction.

  Andy Stanley

  Needs, Want, Problem

  Andy Stanley (2011). “The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, every betrayal, every hateful act towards children returns tenfold a few decades later upon the historical stage, while every empathic act that helps a child become what he or she wants to become, every expression of love toward children heals society and moves it in unexpected, wondrous new directions.

  Lloyd deMause

  Children, Betrayal, Moving

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• Behavior runs in deep channels that were cut during early childhood, and it is very difficult to alter them. In order to change a deeply ingrained pattern, you have to build a sturdy dam, dig another canal and reroute the river in the new direction. That effort is rarely successful over the long haul.

  James Dobson

  Running, Cutting, Successful

  James C. Dobson (1995). “Life on the Edge”, W Publishing Group

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• To achieve originality we need to abandon the comforts of habit, reason, and the approval of our peers, and strike out in new directions.

  Marty Neumeier

  Comfort, Needs, Peers

  Marty Neumeier (2005). “The Brand Gap, Revised Edition”, p.76, Peachpit Press

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• It is a tricky business to know when you should set goals and objectives in order to achieve a focus, and when you would be better off dealing with the acceptance and management of your current reality so you can later step into new directions and responsibilities with greater stability and clarity. Only you will know the answer to that, and only in the moment.

  David Allen

  Responsibility, Acceptance, Reality

  David Allen (2008). “Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life”, p.192, Penguin

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• I think it's the next thing, getting out of the comfort-zone readership, that at some point you have to try and break out of that and see if you can go in new directions. I wanted to do something that felt a lot bigger than a book that's going to sit on a toilet.

  Drew Magary

  Book, Thinking, Trying

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Social change cannot come above the intellect, it comes about by people suffering. And the more people are related to that, the more they lose respect for an existing government. They will seek another direction. If there are too many people who seek a new direction, then the existing government calls upon the army and police to manage society – that is called fascism.

  Jacque Fresco

  Army, Government, People

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