Generations Quotes

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The application of collective guilt, running from one generation to another, is a dangerous doctrine which would leave few modern nations unscathed. — Margaret Thatcher
If one generation is expected to carry an excessive burden on behalf of another, it will seek by every means to avoid it. It will… — Margaret Thatcher
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. — Gro Harlem Brundtland
They were like the man with the dungeon stone and gloom, rising from the underground, the sordid hipsters of America, a new beat generation that… — Jack Kerouac
But yet, but yet, woe, woe unto those who think that the Beat Generation means crime, delinquency, immorality, amorality ... woe unto those who attack… — Jack Kerouac
John Clellon Holmes... and I were sitting around trying to think up the meaning of the Lost Generation and the subsequent existentialism and I said… — Jack Kerouac
We've created the best indoor winter facility in the world. Having set that benchmark, it could inspire a whole new generation throughout the world. — Phil Taylor
In its revolt against congestion and sordor, a space-hungry generation has, I fear, developed eyes that are bigger than its stomach. — Lewis Mumford
Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't… — Leslie Fiedler
We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle, and food again.… — Nadia Giosia
I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach… — Louise Hay
The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked. — John Clellon Holmes
You CAN NOT judge previous generations by today's standards. Today Mark Twain is called by many, a racist. By the standards of his time, he… — Neal Boortz
The people come from everywhere, from five hundred miles, to find their fortunes. By fortune is an ugly, two-faced goddess. When you have lived with… — Glen Cook
Gay people exist. There's nothing we can do in public policy that makes more of us exist, or less of us exist. And you guys… — Rachel Maddow
Gay people - generally speaking - have a responsibility to our own community and to future generations of gay people to come out, if and… — Rachel Maddow
I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the… — Rachel Maddow
A masterwork. A particularly American magic realism that touches the heart of race and childhood in our country; it's 100 Years of Solitude for an… — Ellen Kushner
Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized â€“ the right to be… — Edward Kennedy
I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don't have to… — Carol Moseley Braun

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