#generation

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. ↗

— William Alexander

#courage #die #earth #fall #forget

Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#american dream #asian #barriers #challenges #dream

I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die, their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations. ↗

— Tom Allen

#continue #die #ensure #estate #estate tax

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#elect #everywhere #exists #generation #rest

Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about. ↗

— Tori Amos

#amount #anything #because #change #complain

Family businesses that have been around for generations are suddenly closing their doors, and while I'm not comparing my situation or my family's situations to theirs, the fact that my father's business, which has been around for 30 years, might not be around, it gives me a perspective that makes me want to fight even harder for a lot of people. ↗

— Alexi Giannoulias

#been #business #businesses #closing #comparing

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years old. ↗

— William Gibson

#anyone #come #dead #generation #generation x

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. ↗

— Andre Gide

#authors #aware #become #differences #disagreement

One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations. ↗

— Isaac Hanson

#connect #generations #i #things #want

Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#constantly #counteract #education #generations #inexorable