"I do think it's possible to change for the better"
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The subtext is a rebuttal to cynicism without getting preachy. Moore came up in an era that loved to freeze young women in amber: teen-pop personas, tabloid caricatures, the idea that you are what you were at 17. Her career arc has been, in part, an escape from that trap: moving from bubblegum-pop expectations to more mature music and a respected acting life. So the line doubles as self-defense and invitation. She’s not asking permission to be taken seriously; she’s asserting that personal evolution is real, incremental, and earned.
What makes it work is its restraint. It doesn’t promise transformation as spectacle or redemption as content. It’s the rhetoric of adulthood: hopeful, but not naive. In a culture addicted to hot takes about “people never change,” Moore offers a softer kind of credibility - the kind that comes from living long enough to outgrow your own headlines.
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| Topic | Self-Improvement |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Moore, Mandy. (2026, January 16). I do think it's possible to change for the better. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-do-think-its-possible-to-change-for-the-better-100150/
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Moore, Mandy. "I do think it's possible to change for the better." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-do-think-its-possible-to-change-for-the-better-100150/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I do think it's possible to change for the better." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-do-think-its-possible-to-change-for-the-better-100150/. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.








