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I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
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I shall omit former particulars, and begin with informing the Reader, that, in 1792, I was strangely visited, by day and night,… — Joanna Southcott Copy Share Image
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I'm forever a former president and I understand that, but at this point in my post-presidency, I don't want to be involved… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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I have a reverence for medicine because I hero-worshiped my father [a former doctor], and because I admire doctors, I admire study,… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
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Little minds mistake little objects for great ones, and lavish away upon the former that time and attention which only the latterdeserve.… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
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In recent weeks, I have heard former Associated Press reporter Ron Fournier on Fox News twice asserting, quite offhandedly, that President George… — Laurence Silberman Copy Share Image
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