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Shirley MacLaine

Someday perhaps change will occur when times are ready for it instead of always when it is too late. Someday change will be accepted as life itself.

Shirley MacLaine

Change

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Shirley MacLaine suggests that change often happens only after problems become urgent, rather than when conditions are ideal for it. She envisions a future where adapting to change is a natural and ongoing part of living, embraced before crises arise.

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