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Quote by Vishen Lakhiani
I’m not asking you to save the world. All I’m saying is don’t fuck it up for the next generation.
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The speaker lowers the demand from “save the world” to simply not making it worse. “The next generation” refers to people who will inherit the consequences of today’s choices. The blunt language makes this a forceful appeal for basic responsibility, not a demand for perfection or heroic action.
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