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I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have… — John Major
In New Mexico, I inherited the largest structural deficit in state history, and our legislature is controlled by Democrats. We don't always agree, but we… — Susana Martinez
Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited. — Margaret Mead
My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish… — Gary Numan
I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis. — T. Boone Pickens
The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the… — Dennis Prager
I was quite the spoiled brat. I have quite a temper, obviously inherited from my father, and I became very good at ordering everyone around.… — Lisa Marie Presley
My family are all storytellers, and I think I inherited a lot more of that gene than other people in my family. I guess I… — John C. Reilly
They made it to the middle class, my dad working as a bartender and my mother as a cashier and a maid. I didn't inherit… — Marco Rubio
President Obama is the kind of politician who puts promises on the record, and then calls that the record. But we are four years into… — Paul Ryan
We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than… — Paul Ryan
Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth… — Edward Steichen
If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I… — Sachin Tendulkar
I suppose that I inherited the same vocabulary and world view as most black Christians do, most Christians in general, to be sure. It was… — Michael Eric Dyson
Skin was earth; it was soil. I could see, even on my own skin, the joined trapezoids of dust specks God had wetted and stuck… — Annie Dillard
What Uncle Leo XIII never suspected was that his nephew's courage did not come from the need to survive or from a brute indifference inherited… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It seems to me, that this, too, is how memory works. What we remember of what was done to us shapes our view, molds us,… — Rebecca Walker
Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly. — Arthur C. Clarke
If it's true that every seven years each cell in your body dies and is replaced, then I have truly inherited my life from a… — Neil Gaiman
She would have liked to sit upon a rock and listen to words, not of any man, but detached, mysterious, poetic words that she alone… — Patrick White
So that's little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you've inherited your mother's brains. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You know what's wrong with scientific power? It's a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are. — Michael Crichton
I didn't know what I wanted to Be...A sense that I had permanently botched things already, embarked on the trip without the map. and it… — Deb Caletti
Believers should acknowledge and wrestle with doubts... It is no longer sufficient to hold beliefs just because you inherited them. — Timothy Keller
perhaps I possess a certain Midwestern sensibility that I inherited from my mother and her parents, a sensibility that Warren Buffet seems to share: that… — Barack Obama

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