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The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard. ― Gaylord Nelson
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The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living. ― Karl Marx,
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It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you're going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons. ― Jordan B. Peterson
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This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
― Yaşar Kemal
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Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
― Herman Melville
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But probably that's the way of the world - when we have finally learned something we're too old to apply it - and so it goes, wave after wave, generation after generation. No one learns anything at all from anyone else.
― Erich Maria Remarque
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Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. ― George Bernard Shaw
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I always wanted to do music that influences and inspires each generation.
― Michael Jackson
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Why can't we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse?
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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