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Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.

~Adhir Kalyan

Topics: Accent Acting Africa Because Color Community Democracy Different English Era Feeling First First Generation Found Generation Growing Growing Up Indian Living Myself New Often Only Otherwise Person School South South Africa Teacher Teens Training Up Very Within

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We are the first generation of human beings to have substantial insights into the origin of our cosmos and of human life in it.

~Arthur Peacocke

Topics: Beings Cosmos First First Generation Generation Human Human Beings Human Life Insights Life Origin Our Substantial

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My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.

~Arthur Rock

Topics: Father First First Generation Generation Immigrant Mother Russia

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The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this.

~Bono

Topics: Across Africa Continent Disease Extreme Eye Fact First First Generation Generation Look Mean Ocean Off Ours Poverty Say Stand Whole Written

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I love being Jewish, but I think that our generation is the first generation that crossed that line between being a cultural versus a practicing Jew.

~Bryan Fogel

Topics: Being Between Crossed Cultural First First Generation Generation Jew Jewish Line Love Our Our Generation Practicing Think Versus I Think I Love

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Well, I have a Norwegian father who emigrated to America in the 1950s, and he still speaks with varying degrees of an accent. Over my lifetime my ear has been well-tuned to that accent. Any first generation kid has that wonderful gift from their parents.

~Christopher Heyerdahl

Topics: Accent America Any Been Degrees Ear Father First First Generation Generation Gift He Kid Lifetime Norwegian Over Parents Speaks Still Well Who Wonderful 1950S

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No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American - first generation or fifth - one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents - that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills.

~Cory Booker

Topics: Able American Apply Bills Choose Color Creed Fifth Find First First Generation Generation God-Given Hard How Job Love Matter Pays Play Pray Rules Should Talents To Love Who Willing Work Work Hard You Your

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The biggest novelty of 2013 will be new leadership in China. Very little is known about the views of the new leaders - who will rule the country for ten years. But we do know they're the first generation of Chinese leaders who have spent the majority of their lives in a China 'opening up' to the rest of the world.

~David Miliband

Topics: About Biggest China Chinese Country First First Generation Generation Know Known Leaders Leadership Little Lives Majority New Novelty Opening Rest Rule Spent Ten Ten Years Up Very Views Who Will World Years

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My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.

~Diane Duane

Topics: Children First First Generation Generation Grandchildren Introducing Now Old Only Passion Readers Some Them Whom Young

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I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.

~Donald Tusk

Topics: Bit Chance First First Generation Generation Got Little Little Bit Movement Person Politics Solidarity

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