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It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.

~Carlisle Floyd

Topics: Amazing Audience Being Come Composers Credentials Fast First First Things Gaining Generations How Instead Like Lose Me Music Other People Rejected Say Sight Things Want Who Will Work Write Young

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I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don't have to pay our bills.

~Carol Moseley Braun

Topics: Assure Bills Certain Fiscally Frankly Future Future Generations Generations Make Order Our Pay Responsibility Responsible Think I Think

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Nearly every Christian Scientist I have known has been involved with the Church from childhood and has a long family connection to it, going back several generations.

~Caroline Fraser

Topics: Back Been Childhood Christian Church Connection Every Family Generations Going Involved Known Long Nearly Scientist Several

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I come from a family of Mississippi sharecroppers just a few generations away from slavery, and I experienced a lot of racism growing up - you can't avoid that if you're a person of color in this country.

~Carrie Mae Weems

Topics: Avoid Away Color Come Country Experienced Family Few Generations Growing Growing Up Just Lot Mississippi Person Racism Slavery Up You

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I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.

~Cate Blanchett

Topics: Age Brother Children Enormous Generations Grandmother Great Grew Growing Growing Up Household Many Mother Poor Raised Really Respect Strong Three Up Who Women

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The burdens of generations of poverty and powerlessness lie heavy in the fields of America. If we fail, there are those who will see violence as the shortcut to change.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: America Burdens Change Fail Fields Generations Heavy Lie Poverty Powerlessness See Shortcut Those Violence Who Will

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Easy, simple and great laws, which await nothing but a sign from the lawgiver to spread prosperity and vigour throughout the nation, laws which would earn him immortal hymns of gratitude down the generations, are those which are least considered or least wanted.

~Cesare Beccaria

Topics: Considered Down Earn Easy Generations Gratitude Great Him Hymns Immortal Laws Least Nation Nothing Prosperity Sign Simple Spread Those Throughout Wanted Which Would

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We need to instill the values that are important for future generations, and above all we have to show boys how to respect women.

~Charlene, Princess Of Monaco

Topics: Above Boy Future Future Generations Generations How Important Instill Need Respect Show Values Women

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America's legacy has been crafted by generations of hard-working men and women who moved to the United States from all over the globe to pursue their dreams.

~Charles B. Rangel

Topics: America Been Crafted Dreams Generations Globe Hard-Working Legacy Men Men And Women Moved Over Pursue States United United States Who Women

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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

~Charles De Montesquieu

Topics: Author Boring Content Fool Future Future Generations Generations He Insists Lives Those Who

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