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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
Felipe VI of Spain
Success
Great
Generation
Women
Collective
Men
Men And Women
Worldwide
Has-Been
Admired
My Generation
Generations
Pass
Proud
Coming
Been
Up
Which
Us
Heirs
Now
Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build.
Ferdinand Mount
Will
Build
Our
System
Status
Status Quo
Minute
Cast
Argue
Parliamentary
Taken
Generations
Over
Combined
Well
Traditions
Stability
Quo
Centuries
Us
Should
Flexibility
Away
Served
Defenders
The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving.
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Fight
Women
Money
Worth
Organization
Own
Preserving
Dramatic
Carried
Totally
About
Fact
Had
Part
Generations
Most
Makes
Always
Inexperienced
Were
Won
Often
Movement
Story
Who
Two
A lot of people recognise me now, especially the younger generations, definitely. But it's not that common.
Fran Kirby
Me
People
Recognise
Definitely
Generations
Lot
Common
Younger
Younger Generations
Now
The U.S. can become carbon neutral in our lifetimes. In the process, we will put millions of Americans to work, make our companies more competitive, and shield our communities from extreme weather. And we will honor our obligation to leave the world a better place for future generations.
Frances Beinecke
Work
Future
Obligation
World
Better
Honor
Will
Weather
Become
Our
Extreme
Future Generations
More
Neutral
Better Place
Lifetimes
Put
Generations
Make
Leave
Shield
American
Process
Place
Communities
Companies
Carbon
Millions
Competitive
Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place, and it works over the generations because people go on vacation and they look for it.
Frank Gehry
People
Architecture
World
Better
About
Better Place
Generations
Over
Idealistic
Look
Because
Always
Making
Go
Been
Very
Place
Profession
Works
Vacation
Future generations will know there's nothing mystical about wetware because by 2100, Moore's law will have given us tiny quantum computers powerful enough to upload a human soul.
Frank Tipler
Future
Soul
Law
Will
Nothing
Enough
Future Generations
Moore
About
Given
Mystical
Computers
Generations
Powerful
Know
Because
Quantum
Human
Tiny
Us
Human Soul
I think it is so important to pass down knowledge and information to younger generations.
Frankie Faison
Knowledge
Important
Down
Think
Generations
Pass
Information
Younger
Younger Generations
If we are to ensure that healthcare remains affordable and widely available for future generations, we need to radically rethink how we provide and manage it - in collaboration with key health system partners - and apply the technology that can help achieve these changes.
Frans van Houten
Future
Health
Technology
Key
Achieve
Changes
Collaboration
Ensure
System
Future Generations
Remains
Rethink
Generations
Partners
Healthcare
How
Provide
Affordable
Manage
Available
Help
Radically
Widely
Apply
Need
If we are to ensure that health care remains affordable and widely available for future generations, we need to rethink radically how we provide and manage it.
Frans van Houten
Future
Health
Care
Ensure
Future Generations
Remains
Rethink
Generations
Health Care
How
Provide
Affordable
Manage
Available
Radically
Widely
Need
For generations, people have come to U.S. shores to seek opportunity. It's what my grandfather did a century ago, when he came to Seattle, and worked as a houseboy just one mile from the Washington State governor's mansion that I was privileged to inhabit for eight years.
Gary Locke
People
Opportunity
State
Seek
He
Generations
Come
Came
Years
Governor
Privileged
Did
Shores
Just
Eight
Just One
Century
Grandfather
Worked
Inhabit
Mansion
Mile
Washington
Washington State
Seattle
Securing freedom has been a singular commitment of American presidents and patriots in and out of government for generations. But its perpetual continuation is not guaranteed.
George Nethercutt
Government
Freedom
Commitment
Presidents
Out
Has-Been
Generations
Continuation
Perpetual
Been
Singular
American
Patriots
Guaranteed
If succeeding generations of Americans don't understand the concepts of justice, individual rights, free enterprise, capitalism, sovereignty or national security, there can be no guarantee that those concepts - or others like them - will continue.
George Nethercutt
Capitalism
Justice
Rights
Will
Free
National
Others
Those
Enterprise
Security
No Guarantee
Free Enterprise
Individual
Individual Rights
Generations
Like
Concepts
Understand
Continue
American
National Security
Sovereignty
Them
Succeeding
Guarantee
The cliche is that Washington is a transient town of people who blow in and out every four years with the new administrations. But the reality is that people have lived in Washington for generations, and their lives are worth examining, I think.
George Pelecanos
Reality
People
Worth
Every
Think
Out
Administration
Examining
Generations
New
Town
Cliche
Years
Blow
Transient
Who
Washington
Lived
Lives
Four
It's a great pleasure having survived six generations of TV critics.
Geraldo Rivera
Great
Pleasure
TV
Critics
Having
Great Pleasure
Generations
Survived
Six
The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.
Gerard De Nerval
Life
Good
Knowledge
Ignorance
Evil
Tree
Tree Of Life
Our
Out
Spirits
Cast
Poured
Generations
Learned
Cannot
Them
Many
'Little Women' has interesting gender connotations. There are generations of women who love the book. But there are a lot of men who think it's sentimental, gooey stuff.
Gillian Armstrong
Love
Women
Book
Men
Gender
Think
Generations
Stuff
Lot
Interesting
Little
Sentimental
Who
Connotations
A distant cousin sent me some genealogy report on my father's side, and it's sort of what I suspected. Coal miners for generations... four or maybe five generations.
Gina McKee
Me
Father
Side
Distant
Miners
Some
Genealogy
Generations
Sort
Cousin
Five
Report
Suspected
Maybe
Sent
Coal
Four
Anyone who is passionate about what they do will have a better chance of connecting with future generations than those who simply follow transient trends. At least their work will have a distinctive character, and this is what people respond to, I believe.
Giorgio Armani
Work
Future
Character
People
Better
Will
Believe
Trends
Distinctive
Those
Respond
Future Generations
Follow
About
Better Chance
Simply
Generations
Least
Passionate
Than
Anyone
Transient
Who
Connecting
Chance
Iranian parents can't stop their children. They're just wild - they want to party, they want their rights, they want to paint, they want to dance. No one can stop these new generations coming. That's why Iran has to open up: it's like a pot full of hot water, vapour and steam.
Golshifteh Farahani
Rights
Water
Dance
Parents
Party
Wild
Pot
Steam
Open
No-One
Hot
Generations
Hot Water
New
Like
Coming
Iran
Iranian
Up
Just
Stop
Children
Want
Full
Paint
Why
When you touch the life of a man of this generation, that influence is felt through generations yet to come.
Gordon B. Hinckley
Life
You
Man
Generation
This Generation
Touch
Through
Generations
Come
Felt
Influence
If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.
Gordon Brown
Generation
Natural
People
World
Care
Poverty
This Generation
Our
Resources
Must
Economic
Economic Activity
Take
Take Care
Environment
Generations
Economies
Global
Make
Sure
Wellbeing
Banished
Just
Depends
Which
Natural Environment
Succeeding
Enhanced
Activity
Flourish
After the French Revolution, the world money power shifted from Paris to London. For three generations, the British maintained an old-fashioned colonial empire, as well as a modern empire based on London's primacy in the money markets.
Gore Vidal
World
Money
Three
Power
Revolution
Markets
London
Paris
Colonial
Primacy
Generations
Maintained
Empire
French
Well
French Revolution
Shifted
Modern
After
Old-Fashioned
Based
British
I haven't actually checked my family tree, but Rutherford is a very old Scottish name, so I've probably got Scottish genes a few generations back.
Greg Rutherford
Family
Old
Few
Tree
Back
Generations
Checked
Genes
Name
Got
Very
Scottish
Actually
A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths.
Greg Walden
Wisdom
Strength
Freedom
Man
Peace
World
Respecting
Promoting
John
John Paul
Both
Inspiration
Throughout
Generations
Became
Catholics
Faiths
Encouraging
Paul
I just want to give back and kind of be a resource for younger generations.
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
Resource
Back
Kind
Give
Generations
Just
Want
Younger
Younger Generations
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