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“We Conservatives have always passed our values from generation to generation. I believe that personal prosperity should follow the same course. I want to see wealth cascading down the generations. We do not see each generation starting out anew, with the past cut off and the future ignored.”

John Major (1943) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

First speech as leader at the Conservative Party conference(1991) http://www.johnmajor.co.uk/page863.html

“We Conservatives have always passed our values from generation to generation. I believe that personal prosperity should follow the same course. I want to see wealth cascading down the generations. We do not see each generation starting out anew, with the past cut off and the future ignored.”

John Major (1943) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Source: First speech as leader at the Conservative Party conference (1991) http://www.johnmajor.co.uk/page863.html

“Little sister, do you know why humanity passes down
ancient tales, from hand to hand, from generation to generation?
It is so that each generation can add something that was not there yesterday.
…The miracle of today is in the hands of those who go unshod, their hearts bare.”

Chế Lan Viên (1920–1989) Vietnamese writer

As quoted in Translation as Transhumance by Mireille Gansel (Feminist Press, 2017), ISBN 978-1936932085

“Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day.”

Daniel Webster (1782–1852) Leading American senator and statesman. January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852. Served as the Secretary of Sta…

Source: Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825), p. 64

“I have a catchphrase to describe my plot-generation technique — "What's the worst possible thing I can do to these people?"”

Lois McMaster Bujold (1949) Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA

"Putting It Together" p. 6
The Vorkosigan Companion (2008)
Source: Cordelia's Honor

“They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.”

Paolo Bacigalupi book The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 306

“Experiencing that in general was curiously amazing.”

Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)

Vanna Bonta Talks Sex in Space (Interview - Femail magazine)

“During the festival we appreciate how big is God´s gift to Asmat people. They can preserve their identity through their woodcarvings. Their carving is art that reflects fundamental beliefs passed down from generation to generation.”

Aloysius Murwito (1950) Indonesian catholic priest

Source: Church Continues To Preserve Asmat Culture Through Art Festival https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2006/10/30/church-continues-to-preserve-asmat-culture-through-art-festival&post_id=28455 (6 October 2006)

“I belong to a generation that didn't expect to be protected from every danger. We knew the risks and took them anyway.”

Kristin Hannah book The Nightingale

Source: The Nightingale

“(Imitating Pavarotti) "It is amazing I know it is huge. BEHOLD IT. IT IS GROWING. ALL OF MY PHALLUS IS A SHOWING!"”

Robin Williams (1951–2014) American actor and stand-up comedian

Inside the Actors Studio (2001)

“Behold: my amazing fighting technique, passed down from generation to generation in the illustrious Garry line. Anyway, as I was saying…”

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