Generations Quotes
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Today's Gypsies, who have lived in Prague for only two generations, light a ritual fire wherever they work, a nomads' fire crackling only for the joy of it, a blaze of roughhewn wood like a child's laugh, a symbol of the eternity that preceded human thought, a free fire, a gift from heaven, a living sign of the elements unnoticed by the world-weary pedestrian, a fire in the ditches of Prague warming the wanderer's eye and soul.
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You are all a lost generation. [with credit to Gertrude Stein]
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I was surprised by my daughter's generation and how they were rebelling against the '70s idea that sex was perfect and it should be sought.
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Through its interpretation of the Constitution, the Supreme Court hugely shapes the fabric of our society for us and for future generations.
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The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out like shining from shook foil? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wearsman'ssmudgeand sharesman'ssmell: thesoil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
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Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest teachers of the preceding generation.
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The fact that more Gen Z individuals than adults in other generations said that they thought their mental health was fair or poor is concerning, however, this could also be interpreted as a positive sign. This generation may be more tuned in to recognizing issues with their mental health than older generations.
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I just want to give back and kind of be a resource for younger generations.
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But when I start to kiss someone - lust is the easiest emotion to generate.
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For how many generations now had his people been turning their backs on things? How long had they sat in their living rooms and watched other people die?
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Serious harm, I am afraid, has been wrought to our generation by fostering the idea that they would live secure in a permanent order of things.
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I'm glad the Cube is reaching new generations, who face it with fresh wonder, curiosity and enthusiasm.
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This generation I'm a member of, we're sort of infected by this idea that you had to make the world a better place.
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Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.
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Any given generation gives the next generation advice that the given generation should have been given by the previous generation but now it's too late.
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The view after seventy is breathtaking. What is lacking is someone, anyone, of the older generation to whom you can turn when you want to satisfy your curiosity about some detail of the landscape of the past. There is no longer any older generation. You have become it, while your mind was mostly on other matters
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My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.
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Make the wrong choices now and future generations will live with a changed climate, depleted resources and without the green space and biodiversity that contribute both to our standard of living and our quality of life
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If we don’t lift up women who play critical roles in movements, we fail to offer role models to future generations.
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The cost in human lives of every armed conflict is staggering, but the economic cost of wars can continue for generations.
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You have to have a canon so the next generation can come along and explode it.
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In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.
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We have, for generations, been trying to be more inclusive of the word Southern. And a symbol like the confederate flag indicates white only are allowed into that world. And removing the Confederate flag from public view to the pages of history is long overdue.
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Thus the great drama of universal life is perpetually sustained; and though the individual actors undergo continual change, the same parts are ever filled by another and another generation; renewing the face of the earth, and the bosom of the deep, with endless successions of life and happiness.
