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“I'm restless. My whole generation is restless. I'm sick of a system where the richest man gets the most beautiful girl if he wants her, where the artist without an income has to sell his talents to a button manufacturer. Even if I had no talents I'd not be content to work ten years, condemned either to celibacy or a furtive indulgence, to give some man's son an automobile.”

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free. Never forget that for 250 years black people were born into chains-whole generations followed by more generations who knew nothing but chains.”

People Years Has Beens Country Whole Black Born Forget Generations Chains Never Forget Black People

Book:Between the World and Me

Source: Between the World and Me

“A nation is not defined by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass Rather, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a vision for the type of society they wish to live in and give to the future generations to come.”

“Johnny Depp, as far as I'm concerned, is number one. Of his generation, there's no one who can touch him. Some performers, today, it's like looking at holes in the air.”

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Author:Christopher Lee

“[In remake] you've got to have something new to say, or technology that wasn't available, or a new chapter that kind of speaks to this generation of fans. They've got some unique assets, so we're certainly discussing those things.”

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Author:Thomas Tull

“With vampires, there is such a great tradition that you suddenly find yourself a part of. Each generation reinvents what that means to them.”

Mean Generations Tradition Vampire Finding Yourself

Author:Michael Sheen

“The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.”

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Author:Paul McCartney

“There's a new television generation coming in every five or 10 years, and the classic stories stand up to being redone.”

Years Stories Five Generations Television Classic

Author:Rebecca Eaton

“Every generation has their favorite Spider-Man television show.”

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Author:Jeph Loeb

“The generations that were exposed to sitcom have the people actually saying the line, saying the joke, whereas sort of before that you have much more observational humor.”

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Author:Robert Mankoff

“What generations created, the Left destroys. There are few productive and noble institutions in America that the Left has not hurt or attempted to hurt. But while the Left destroys a great deal, it constructs almost nothing (outside of government agencies, laws, and lawsuits).”

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Author:Dennis Prager

“We are a generation of men raised by women. I'm beginning to wonder if another woman is what we really need.”

Ifs Men Needs Wonder Generations Raised Another Woman

Author:Brad Pitt

“It is a dichotomous time where the younger generation is perceived as free. But smoking pot is not being free. Taking drugs is not being free. I feel that being courteous and telling your dad, 'I'm going to have a drink' with your dad saying 'give me one too' is cool. That's being freer, happier and nicer. But having issues and saying that 'I am my own person, I am moving out Mom!' is not. Yes, if your mom tells you to move out then that's being free.”

Ifs Giving Feels Persons Moving My Own Issues Generations Mom Dad Drink Drug Give Me Smoking Pot Your Mom Being Free Your Dad Younger Generation Courteous Moving Out Smoking Pot

Author:Shahrukh Khan

“We salute our veterans of Pearl Harbor and World War II, whose sacrifices saved democracy during a dark hour. In their memory, a new generation of our Armed Forces goes forward against new enemies in a new era. Once again, we pledge to defend freedom, secure our homeland, and advance peace around the world. Americans have been tested before, and our Nation will triumph again.”

“Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.”

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Book:At Wit's End

Source: At Wit's End

“I want to be able to infuse some youthful energy and comedy while appreciating the generations before.”

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Author:Neil Patrick Harris

“A new era has dawned in Ontario; one where the air will be cleaner and the multiple costs of coal-fired generation have become a distant memory. Atikokan's successful conversion to biomass will put Ontario on the world map as a leader in using this sustainable fuel source for electricity production.”

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Author:Bob Chiarelli

“Building a smarter grid has long been a key part of our government's plan to modernize our energy infrastructure and provide clean, reliable affordable power to consumers. By supporting Ryerson's Centre for Urban Energy we are building a whole new landscape for innovations that will be the backbone for our energy system for future generations.”

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Author:Bob Chiarelli

“With videotaping, on the second generation you're already losing some of the freshness.”

Generations Losing Freshness

Author:Stephen Sondheim

“In the old generation, if one kid bought a PlayStation 2 and the other kid bought an Xbox, at his house you played PlayStation, at your house you played Xbox. Now that it's online, all those early buyers who... you want to play with, they've got their reputation online of who they are and how good they are at these games.”

Ifs Want Play Kids Games House Generations Reputation Online Buyers Xbox Playstation

Author:Bill Gates

“The nuclear industry has this amazing record, even equipment from generations one and two. But nuclear mishaps tend to come in these big events - Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now Fukushima - so it's more visible.”

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Author:Bill Gates

“Countries which receive aid do graduate. Within a generation, Korea went from being a big recipient to being a big aid donor. China used to get quite a bit of aid; now it's aid-neutral.”

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Author:Bill Gates

“That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea that politicians- even the slickest and brightest presidential candidates- were real heroes and truly exciting people. That is wrong on its face. They are mainly dull people with corrupt instincts and criminal children.”

Source: Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist

“Teaching ... particularly in the 1990s, teaching what is far and away the dumbest generation in American history, is the same as walking up Broadway in Manhattan talking to yourself, except instead of eighteen people who hear you in the street talking to yourself, they're all in the room. They know, like, nothing.”

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Book:The Human Stain

Source: The Human Stain

“We will preach the truth to a new generation: The doorway to all freedoms is framed with muskets. It's time the apologists step aside and let freedom's followers lead the way.”

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Author:Charlton Heston

“I couldn't live with myself if I thought that these big strategic choices for my generation were there, and I wasn't even making them - or I was making them according to what was expedient rather than what I actually thought was right.”

Ifs Bigs Choices Generations Strategic My Generation

Author:Tony Blair

“It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.”

Doe Feelings Past Sports Wonderful Generations Baseball Bridges

Author:Vin Scully

“The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed to question authority, not question those who question authority.”

Generations Authority Machines Rage Younger Generation Rage Against The Machine

Book:New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer

Source: New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer

“My generation didn`t face the kind of urgent, pressing issues that my parents did, who fought through a war and a Depression and know what suffering is. That`s why Bob Dole had a tough time with this electorate. He was an old-fashioned curmudgeon who knew about sacrifice, and we didn`t know if we could live up to his standards. But we knew we could live up to Bill Clinton`s. He`s more like one of us.”

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Author:Bill Maher

“I know a whole generation has been raised on the notion of multiculturalism; that all civilizations are just different. No! Not always. Sometimes things are better! Rule of law is better than autocracy and theocracy; equality of the sexes, better; protection of minorities, better; free speech, better; free elections, better; free appliances with large purchases, better! Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.”

“I am the first male member of my family for about three generations who can have reasonable confidence in expecting that I will leave this earth with more or less the same number of fingers, hands, legs, toes and eyes as I had when I was born.”

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Author:Neil Kinnock

“Every generation has their challenge. And things change rapidly, and life gets better in an instant.”

Change Challenges Generations Get Better Instant Things Change Life Gets Better

Author:Jon Stewart

“The beat generation is a coffeehouse full of people expectantly looking at their watches waiting for the beat generation to come on.”

People Waiting Watches Generations Beats Beat Generation

Author:Mort Sahl

“Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and engaged citizens. Every year, we spend nearly $100 billion on corporate welfare, and more than $500 billion on defense spending. Surely ensuring the next generation can compete in the global economy is at least as important as subsidies for big business and military adventures around the globe. In fact, I think we can and must go further - not just making public higher education tuition-free, but reinventing education in America as we know it.”

“Those powers that control the tent are not threatened at all by any activity that you engage in, in the shadows, that's not moving toward the tent. And I am rather convinced that we have a generation that is so preoccupied with life in the shadows, they never even focus on getting to the sunlight where you open up the big tent.”

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Author:Jesse Jackson

“I was the only male of the Arnaz family in my generation.”

Generations Males My Generation

Book:A Book

Source: A Book

“Every generation thinks they invented sex, which is the stupidest assumption in the world because if that was the case, you wouldn't even be here.”

Ifs Thinking World Sex Cases Generations Assumption Stupidest

Author:Jeff Foxworthy

“I'm not good at texting because I'm an older generation, old school. And nobody ever listens to the answering machine anymore. It's terrible.”

School Generations Terrible Machines Old School Texting Answering Machines Older Generation

Author:Igor Levit

“My truth is relevant and my songs are relevant, but I have to recalibrate myself and speed up my vibrations so that I can communicate with the voice of this generation.”

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Author:Erykah Badu

“If you want to relate to a certain audience or generation, you have to speak their language. I truly believe that.”

Ifs Want Believe Certain Speak Language Audience Generations Relate

Author:Erykah Badu

“That's really why I wanted to do it. I wanted to be a part of this generation's telling of Camelot, and also get the chance to play a fantastic, complex, interesting, emotionally passionate, young lead role.”

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Author:Tamsin Egerton

“I feel like it's so, sort of representative of a generation. I mean everything that they talk about in the books are things that I get. Even like a lot of the Canadian references because I've worked in Canada a lot, so I totally know Sloan and I know, you know, all this stuff, and meeting Chris Murphy was really cool, and yeah, everything.”

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Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead

“Miley [Cyrus] is so sweet. In this generation - and I know because I have two teenage boys - they don't really have to care about things. It's kind of a desensitized generation. I'm so impressed that she's really vegan and outspoken about animal welfare.”

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Author:Pamela Anderson

“Christian adults need to think about talking to our own children as a form of cross-cultural missions. Cultural change happens so quickly that teens are exposed to ideas and worldviews very different from those of previous generations.”

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Author:Nancy Pearcey

“Trends in culture all serve a purpose and that's always indicative in fashion and music, you can always tell what's going on culturally in the mindset of the young generation if you look at those mediums.”

Ifs Looks Young Purpose Culture Generations Fashion Mindset Mediums Trends Young Generation Fashion And Music

Author:Marina and the Diamonds

“The first generation from the '50s that were in 1650 [Broadway] were pretty much all crooks, I mean just out and out crooks. And the next generation had a little more finesse. But I mean those first wave of people, you know, definitely would take all your money, no doubt about it.”

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Author:Al Kooper

“Part of me also knows that this generation is the least racist and most pro-gay, so that's great. But they have a real lack of gravitas. And they have no taste in music. Vampire Weekend? Can we play some music, please? Can we rock out for a minute? Where's your Metallica?”

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Author:Greg Behrendt

“I think I take my style from all walks of life, and all generations and decades of life as well. I love mixing '50s with '80s and classic with punk.”

Thinking Wells Walks Generations Style Decades Classic Punk 80s Mixing Walks Of Life

Author:Kelly Osbourne

“I don't think that comedians have a tradition of trashing the next generation.”

Thinking Next Generations Tradition Comedian Next Generation

Author:Franklyn Ajaye

“I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I'm thinking of all these unbelievable comedians I've seen on HBO: Chris Rock, George Carlin, Damon Wayans, Richard Pryor and Billy Crystal. I started having a panic attack seeing my name in that list of people. It was pretty overwhelming.”

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Author:Bill Burr