Barney Frank

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered.

American Politician

Mattie Stepanek

Maybe I wanted to have kids because you want to leave behind lessons, leave behind everything that matters to you. That's how you touch the world. But I have to reconsider what it's like to leave a legacy.

American Poet

Jennifer Pahlka

Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if you're one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.

American Public Servant

H. W. Brands

Although this should not be so, historians reconsider presidencies based on how the presidents conduct themselves after leaving office.

American Historian

David Malpass

When Congress legislates in haste, it often causes more problems than it solves. But Congress rarely reconsiders its mistakes.

American Economist

Jonathan Safran Foer

My children not only inspired me to reconsider what kind of eating animal I would be, but also shamed me into reconsideration.

American Writer

Fred

When people hear a footballer speaking, they can think about it and maybe even reconsider the prejudices they have.

Brazilian Footballer

Gerardo Martino

It doesn't affect my authority if I change my stance on something. If I have to reconsider a decision, I will.

Argentinian Coach

Frans Timmermans

Is it not in human nature sometimes, based on the facts that you now know, to reconsider?

Dutch Politician

Norma McCorvey

There's a feminist writer, Naomi Wolfe, who is reconsidering her position on abortion.

American Celebrity

Remember to use 'reconsider' when new facts make you question your previous decision or opinion.

New Information

Use 'reconsider' to suggest that a decision isn't final and can be changed if needed.

Change Possible

'Reconsider' implies serious thinking, not just a quick second look.

Serious Reflection

Remember 'reconsider' is used legally to mean a court's decision is reviewed, often by a higher authority.

Legal Context

In legal terms, 'reconsider' often involves taking a case to a higher court for a new decision.

Higher Authority

A formal request is usually made for a legal 'reconsideration', often with new evidence or arguments.

Formal Request

 encouraged governments and environmental organizations to reconsider electric vehicles. At this point, car companies had spent decades investing in internal combustion engines without devoting any resources to solving the century-old battery problem. But other companies were developing increasingly efficient batteries

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 But what do you do when you're outside the ring of support? Let's say of the US dollar. And what is that going to be like for those entities? Or if you're within the ring of support, how will that bill be divided? And how will we be with each other? I think we're going to have to reconsider who has what,

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 and I was sexually assaulted a third time, spurring on very severe panic attacks, where I was failing my classes, and I dropped out of school. And at this moment, people had said to me, "Erika, maybe you're not cut out for the sciences. Maybe you should reconsider doing something else."

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 In practice, geography means that countries proximate the conflict take the overwhelming majority of the world's refugees. The system isn't broken because the rules are wrong. It's that we're not applying them adequately to a changing world, and that's what we need to reconsider.

Our refugee system is...

 A relationship checkup to re-examine your habits. An identity checkup to consider how your values are evolving. Rethinking does not have to change your mind -- it just means taking time to reflect and staying open to reconsidering. A hallmark of wisdom

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 that 50-year-olds had reconsidered. While older people changed less than younger people on the whole, they underestimated their capacity for change just as much. Wherever we are in life, the end of history illusion

How much will you change...

 the financial and environmental cost of concrete production. Eventually, these microorganisms may force us to reconsider the way we think about our cities, bringing our inanimate concrete jungles to life.

What if cracks in...

 sort of pushed him to reconsider some earlier positions i mean the the pressures are tremendous by this period and they are only exacerbated by the entry of the united states into the first world war

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 Maybe it's boring, but it gives us time to reflect. Slow time is not wasted time. And we need to reconsider what it means to save time. Culture and rituals around the world build in slowness,

The unforeseen...

 If we plan to discourage lonely locusts from becoming catastrophic crowds, humans need to cut carbon emissions, rethink our agriculture, and generally reconsider our own ravenous appetites.