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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William James
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The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives
William James
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Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and around the world. His love and faith is alive in millions of Americans who volunteer each day in soup kitc...
Senator John Kerry
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Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature
Phillip Lubin
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Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature
Phillip Lubin
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There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.
Paul Gauguin
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If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.
Chinese Proverbs
Subject: Generations Quotes :: Social Service QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Henry David Thoreau
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If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.
Charles M. Schulz
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Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
John Quincy Adams
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Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
John Adams
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Every generation needs a new revolution.
Thomas Jefferson
Subject: Generations Quotes :: Revolution QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.
G.K. Chesterton
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Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won`t have anything to complain about.
Tori Amos
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Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it
George Orwell
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My generation`s apathy. I`m disgusted with it. I`m disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the counterculture has been whinning about for years.
Kurt Cobain
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I`d be happy if I was still playing her [Troi] now. No, really. Being on Next Generation" was the best experience of my life." (SFX magazine, Sept 2006)
Marina Sirtis
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It wasn`t exactly a mistake, but if there`s anything I regret, it`s probably having disguised my own native accent. Actors of my generation all tended to speak RP [received pronunciation]. Of course, it`s all different now and drama students are encourage...
Ian McKellen
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When you are a second-generation success, you are provided for. And that certainly was a big opportunity. But you don`t have that `rags-to-riches story`, which is always a much more dramatic story to plot. Your success is not one that is as easily accepte...
Michael Douglas
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[in 1994 interview, on how she got cast in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)] I did it because, frankly, I couldn`t get any other work then. I liked the show, so I asked if I could be on it. As a matter of fact, I asked twice. The first time, I sent...
Whoopi Goldberg
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A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being completely deprived.
Vanessa Redgrave
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fullfill prophecy.
Nas
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I told my mother I was gay, and she s...and she...and then her face went white, and then she said, `I would rather you were dead.` And I said, `I knew you`d understand.` And then once I got her head out of the oven, everything was fine. She came from a ge...
Nathan Lane
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You know, I hear everybody talking about the generation gap. Frankly, sometimes I don`t know what they`re talking about. Heck, by now I should know a little bit about it, if I`m ever going to. I have seven kids and 18 grandkids and I don`t seem to have an...
John Wayne
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A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed - but I don`t believe that makes good business sense. If you`re the kind of person that jumps down the throat of people, you`re not going to be successful.
Richard Branson
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On auditioning for "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987): "I walked in and was told they had three parts, and I could play any part I wanted. `Okay`, I asked, `Which one is the funniest?` Beverly Crusher. I swear to god. Seriously! So I go, `Okay, fine`...
Gates McFadden
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I grew up watching sci-fi and monster movies like I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) and all those creepy old Vincent Price horror movies. They made a huge impression on me and I think that`s what Independence Day (1996) is going to do for a whole generation...
Jeff Goldblum
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Star Wars is probably the most influential film of my generation. It`s the personification of good and evil and the way it opened up the world to space adventure, the way westerns had to our parents` generations, left an indelible imprint. So, in a way, e...
J.J. Abrams
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You want to take some responsibility in your choices so that it sets the groundwork for that next generation of actresses - so for me working with Lars von Trier, I would hope that says to another generation: "go and seek out those directors, it`s ok"
Nicole Kidman
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You want to take some responsibility in your choices so that it sets the groundwork for that next generation of actresses - so for me working with Lars von Trier, I would hope that says to another generation: "go and seek out those directors, it`s ok"
Nicole Kidman
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