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Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility. -- Jeffrey R. Immelt
The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were trying to create a new philosophy. -- Douglas Sirk
He kissed me hard and I kissed him back harder, like it was the end of an era that had lasted all of my life. -- Cheryl Strayed
The loss of Jerry Garcia feels like the end of an era in the same way it felt when Elvis died and John Lennon was killed. -- Lyle Lovett
I have been photographing the portrait of an end of an era, as machines and computers replace human workers. What we have in these pictures is an archeology. -- Sebastiao Salgado
The natural end of an era, as designers whose houses bear their names grow old and pass away, combined with the arrival of digital cameras and Internet exposure, has created a perfect storm. -- Suzy Menkes
Obviously we're celebrating a 36-year legacy on ABC and the end of an era, but we're also celebrating the start of a new era with this great property on ESPN. It's a bit of mixed emotions. -- George Bodenheimer
The new social question is: democracy or the rule of the financial markets. We are currently witnessing the end of an era. The neoliberal ideology has failed worldwide. The U.S. movement Occupy Wall Street is a good example of this. -- Sigmar Gabriel
Rethinking the future: It is a profound challenge, at the end of an era of cheap oil and materials to rethink and redesign how we produce and consume; to reshape how we live and work, or even to imagine the jobs that will be needed for transition -- Ellen MacArthur
I think the era of the diva actress is coming to an end. -- Amanda Seyfried
I think horror films in the past maybe touched on social themes having to do with whatever era in which they were made, but in the end, it's definitely an escapist form of entertainment. -- Brooke Nevin
The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it. -- Norman Rockwell
The era when the United States was the dominant global power is steadily coming to an end, and it must find a way of acknowledging this and framing its ambitions and interests accordingly. Instead of claiming the right to continuing primacy in east Asia, for example, it should seek to share that primacy with China. -- Martin Jacques
It's very sad that there's going to be a hiatus in manned space flight from the U.S. The Shuttle was a fantastic, hugely complex vehicle. It was inevitable it would come to an end, but this is the opportunity for the commercial world to get involved. As the Shuttle era ends, another window of opportunity opens. -- David Mackay
Some experts say we are moving back to the pre-antibiotic era. No. This will be a post-antibiotic era. In terms of new replacement antibiotics, the pipeline is virtually dry. A post-antibiotic era means, in effect, an end to modern medicine as we know it. Things as common as strep throat or a child's scratched knee could once again kill. -- Margaret Chan
When you look at what we can call the golden era of concept albums, which starts in the mid or late '60s and ends maybe in the early '80s, it's an interesting time for music. You see all these very established and popular acts and bands and artists that were somehow on the top of their game but really trying to experiment. -- Thomas Bangalter
I realised I was living in my own universe with lots of assistants. I didn't have a cell phone; I didn't know how to use a computer. Everybody was doing everything for me. So I left and moved to New York. It was the end of an era, and I must say I found myself a bit lost. I wasn't in the protected Mugler universe any more. -- Thierry Mugler
An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted. -- Arthur Miller
My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity. -- Mitt Romney
It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic. -- John Leeson
In the era of big brains, life stories could end up any which way. Look at mine. -- Kurt Vonnegut
With the end of the Victorian era, we passed into what I feel I must call the terrible 20th century -- Winston Churchill
The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end. -- Sylvia Plath
One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era. -- Ken Livingstone
We stand at the end of the Age of Reason. A new era of the magical explanation of the world is rising. -- Adolf Hitler
It's time to end the era of mass incarceration. We need a true national debate about how to reduce our prison population. -- Hillary Clinton
I think people who live in the worlds that movies are based on end up disliking them. Unless they're from a different time and era. -- Jason Sudeikis
The stage has been reached where our armed forces should withdraw beyond the borders It's not the end. It's the start of a new era. -- Abdullah Ocalan
I am endeavoring to steer gymnastics out of a dead end that satisfies only a handful of short-sighted individuals with nostalgia for an era gone by. -- Bruno Grandi
I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders and rival blocs. -- Lech Walesa
We may be reaching the end of the era in which individual movies meant something to people. In the new era, movies may just mean a barrage of images. -- Pauline Kael
It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together. -- Alexander McQueen

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