1.   Changing her course took guts, because Grant was doing fine the way she was.

2.   Murphy, who, under former Governor Michael S. Dukakis was the first woman and only woman to hold statewide office in Massachusetts, said changing politics takes decades.

3.   Family-planning groups like hers cite some successes in lowering abortion through public information campaigns and contraceptives, but say that changing social attitudes takes time.

4.   Changing that mentality takes time and money, Fitzgerald said.