My Generation Quotes - Page 2

• War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser; rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.

  Gustav Heinemann

  War, School, Men

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• We don't need to be feminist in my generation.

  Carla Bruni

  Feminist, Needs, Generations

  "Carla Bruni: Sarkozy and me" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2013.

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• I started when I was 8 years old, which is obviously nowadays pretty late, but I guess in my generation it was all right. I had plenty of other interests and I didn't do only tennis.

  Jana Novotna

  Years, Tennis, Generations

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• I was 21 and looking for work in 1932, one of the worst years of the Great Depression. And I can remember one bleak night in the thirties when my father learned on Christmas Eve that he'd lost his job. To be young in my generation was to feel that your future had been mortgaged out from under you, and that's a tragic mistake we must never allow our leaders to make again.

  Ronald Reagan

  Jobs, Father, Mistake

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1983). “Ronald Reagan”

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• I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.

  David Amram

  Encouragement, Art, People

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• I've been blessed. I grew up and played and worked and created with the Freddie Mercury, the Jimi Hendrix, the Keith Richards, the John Paul Jones of my generation

  Steven Adler

  Blessed, Generations, Keith

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• Im going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way, people will remember me, not because I was great, but because I didnt cause them any later embarrassment.

  Julian Cope

  Party, Artist, People

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• I was raised in a time where children were still seen and not heard basically, so I think a lot of us in my generation went the other way and just tried to be as much more liberal and open and we're still paying for it.

  Blythe Danner

  Children, Thinking, Generations

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• My generation has not seen one single day of peace, and my dream is for my children and the children of all Colombians to have the change to see it. I hope the guerrilla understands that the time has come to leave this 50-year confrontation behind; that the time has come to change from bullets to votes, from weapons to argumentations; that the time has come for them to continue their struggle, but within democracy.

  Juan Manuel Santos

  Dream, Children, Struggle

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• My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.

  Diane Paulus

  America, Directors, Generations

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I always try to set a positive example for my generation and promote confidence.

  Keke Palmer

  Trying, Example, Generations

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The greatest discovery of my generation is that we are unique. The greatest discovery of the next generation, I pray, is that we are one.

  Thomas Leonard

  Unique, Discovery, Generations

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• The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet's killing the record business, I say, 'Who cares about the record business, the Internet is enhancing music.

  Daryl Hall

  Differences, People, Generations

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• My generation had the best years. We missed the Second World War and caught the outburst of rock 'n' roll.

  Georgie Fame

  War, Rocks, Years

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• My generation is under-entertained.

  Dave Chappelle

  Generations

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• My generation remembered going to the movies as an event. We would see these things, we would bring them home, and we would think about them for years because it would take a long time before they would go on television where you could re-experience the fun that you had when you watched them.

  Joe Dante

  Fun, Home, Thinking

  "24 hours of horror with Joe Dante". Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. October 31, 2012.

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• I love dancing in general and making girls dance. My generation doesn't do it enough.

  Jean Dujardin

  Girl, Dancing, Generations

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can't think of anything specific growing up that pointed me toward NASA at all. I was interested in the Moon landings just about the same as everyone else of my generation. But I never really thought about being an astronaut or working in space myself.

  Laurel Clark

  Growing Up, Moon, Thinking

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• So many people of my generation all grew up with that shock theater package on television of 'Frankenstein,' 'Wolfman,' 'Dracula,' 'Mummy,' all the Universal stuff.

  Rick Baker

  People, Generations, Television

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• We not only grew up on Be-Bop; Be-Bop raised us. For my generation, Be-Bop came on like a light bulb going flash behind the eyes.For us, it was not only an intellectual movement, but a way of life. We walked, dressed, and rapped Be-Bop.

  Ishmael Reed

  Music, Eye, Light

  Ishmael Reed (1995). “Airing Dirty Laundry”, Perseus Books

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• There is so much that is fake about our society. My generation is craving something that is real, honest and true. The Message is straight up! It's modern, relevant, and direct.

  Rebecca St. James

  Real, Fake, Generations

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• I know, for me, you know, my generation - I never would have known anything about Robert Preston's performance in 'The Music Man' if there hadn't been a film where he played the part. I just heard how great he was on Broadway way before my time.

  John Lloyd Young

  Men, Generations, Broadway

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think as a gay person, there was no way in my generation to not grow up with shame and a sense of being wrong. It was impossible to avoid. Externally, you might make choices that are very public and very open but internally that was a struggle.

  Ira Sachs

  Growing Up, Struggle, Gay

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• People of my generation knew we needed to move beyond that, the racial division and segregation and unsustainable social relations, that were unfair to millions of people. But it didn't mean that we were going to become a big government liberal.

  Jeff Sessions

  Moving, Mean, Government

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Seems like a lot of my generation as a whole is more concerned with being the cool kid; sarcastic, smug, or just all together impenetrable. So anyway, it's not always comfortable to be like, the dorky, happy girl at the party... but that's me.

  Hayley Williams

  Girl, Sarcastic, Party

  "Paramore’s Hayley Williams". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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