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I think the 60s were an extraordinary time. I feel bad for the kids today who missed this wonderful confluence, which wa
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"I think the '60s were an extraordinary time. I feel bad for the kids today who missed this wonderful confluence, which was simultaneously a confluence of the global and the mythological"

- Peter Coyote

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The quote by Peter Coyote talks to the special and special period of the 1960s. He reveals his remorse that the existing generation of youth have actually not been able to experience the exact same "assemblage" of international as well as mythical occasions that occurred during this decade. The 1960s was a time of excellent social and also political change, with the civil rights activity, the Vietnam War, and the emergence of the counterculture. It was also a time of excellent mythical as well as spiritual expedition, with the increase of the hippie activity as well as the expedition of Eastern religious beliefs. This combination of international and mythological occasions produced an unique and powerful atmosphere that has not been duplicated since. Peter Coyote's quote talks with the specialness of this time period and the remorse that the current generation of youth have actually not been able to experience it.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Peter Coyote somewhere between October 10, 1941 and today. He was a famous Actor from USA. The author also have 13 other quotes.

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