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I inherited half my father's friends and all his enemies — George W. Bush
California is now a valuable touchstone to the country, a warning of what not to do. Rarely has a single generation inherited so much natural… — Victor Davis Hanson
I think writing for a world one has invented can be infinitely more interesting than writing for the world we've all inherited. — Rupert Holmes
Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a… — Mavis Gallant
Facts are facts: No president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Great Depression inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses or deeper problems from his… — Martin O'Malley
It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for… — Mark Rydell
Darwin based his theory on generalizations that were strictly empirical. You can go out and see that organisms do vary, that variations are inherited, and… — George C. Williams
My grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right. — Dan Quayle
I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it… — Angela Lansbury
It was clear to me that the forms of consciousness of our inherited and acquired historical education - aesthetic consciousness and historical consciousness - presented… — Hans-Georg Gadamer
My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inherited. And like me, he could be the life… — Alastair Campbell
We have a shotgun we inherited from my father-in-law, a paranoid Englishman living in Texas. I have a .22 Marlin rifle, similar to the one… — Bonnie Jo Campbell
I had already developed inherited back problems. I had degenerative disk disease, a form of scoliosis, arthritis. And I truly believe that if it weren't… — Jose Canseco
My father had his own business, a clothing store, which he inherited from his father. He travelled abroad frequently and was quite extravagant, so we… — Britt Ekland
I inherited this collection of vinyl records, which at that time numbered 6,000, and I've since continued to collect music. As you know, vinyl records… — Frida Giannini
I think back a little bit when President Bush was elected President and what kind of economy he inherited from the Clinton administration. The economy… — Wayne Allard
This is the first generation to grow up on Thatcher - it's a different ethos. It's money minded, and it's the cult of yourself. Now… — Jane Campion
My grandfather on one side was trained as a cabinetmaker but eventually worked as a coachbuilder and then built cars. I inherited from him a… — Richard Hammond
Every human society possesses a mythology which is inherited, transmitted and diversified by literature. — Northrop Frye
I was not the one to invent lies: they were created in a society divided by class and each of us inherited lies when we… — Jean-Paul Sartre
I do not see class as a 'structure', nor even as a 'category', but as something which in fact happens (and can be shown to… — E. P. Thompson
Our success will not come from the acts of our forefathers, but can come alone from what we are doing now. Those who have inherited… — Christian D. Larson
I don't like inherited wealth. — Albert Gubay
Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits. — J. Philippe Rushton

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