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When my grandchildren are older and my great-grandchildren start growing up, first of all, I want them to be in Israel. I don't want them to leave the country because they have no choice.

~Dan Shechtman

Topics: Because Choice Country First First Of All Grandchildren Growing Growing Up Israel Leave No Choice Older Start Them Up Want

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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

~David Attenborough

Topics: Able Book Elephant Except Grandchildren Happy May Never Our Picture Picture Book Question See Suppose

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If my grandchildren were to look at me and say, 'You were aware species were disappearing and you did nothing, you said nothing', that I think is culpable. I don't know how much more they expect me to be doing, I'd better ask them.

~David Attenborough

Topics: Ask Aware Better Did Disappearing Doing Expect Grandchildren How How Much Know Look Me More Much Nothing Said Say Species Them Think Were You I Think

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Unlike people of my generation, my children and my grandchildren have grown up living with, knowing, people who were outwardly gay and lesbian. And they have learned that they're just like us... And when you see that they're just like us, the rationale for discrimination melts away.

~David Boies

Topics: Away Children Discrimination Gay Generation Grandchildren Grown Just Knowing Learned Lesbian Like Living My Generation People See Unlike Up Us Were Who You

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If we don't change the way Washington operates we're going to bankrupt our children and grandchildren.

~David Dewhurst

Topics: Bankrupt Change Children Going Grandchildren Our Washington Way

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I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they will continue.

~David Robinson

Topics: Children Continue Enough Grandchildren Hope Just Know Leave Planted Seeds Unfinished Will Work

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It doesn't give me any satisfaction to think that my concerns will be validated by my grandchildren's generation. I would love to be wrong in everything. My grandchildren are my stake in the near future, and it's my great hope that they might one day say, 'Grandpa was part of a great movement that helped to turn things around.'

~David Suzuki

Topics: Any Around Concerns Day Everything Future Generation Give Give Me Grandchildren Grandpa Great Great Hope Helped Hope Love Me Might Movement Near One Day Part Satisfaction Say Stake Things Think Turn Will Would Wrong

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For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Children Economic Even Grandchildren Health Make Must Our Planet Priority Protecting Sake Top Well-Being

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What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?

~David Suzuki

Topics: About Children Grandchildren Happy Healthy Live Lives Our Them Want

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What we are doing is, rather than living on the interest of our basic biological capital, we're using up our capital, so we're dipping into our capital. We're using up what should be our children's and grandchildren's legacy.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Basic Biological Capital Children Doing Grandchildren Interest Legacy Living Our Rather Should Than Up Using

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