Legacy Quotes - Page 13

• We can leave our legacy only if we are willing to change - to go beyond partisan labels, and to solve the problems facing Washingtonians.

  Christine Gregoire

  Change, Labels, Problem

  Christine Gregoire's Inaugural Speech in Olympia, Washington, awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu. January 12, 2005.

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• Does Obama really want his legacy to be, ‘The president who was an even bigger fool than Neville Chamberlain’?

  Tom Gross

  President, Fool, Doe

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• A legacy is not about what you did while you were there it is what happens when you are gone

  Darrell Waltrip

  Gone, Happens

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• I've always said your legacy is what you leave behind you.

  Darrell Waltrip

  Behind You, Said, Behinds

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• I would not have made any of my films or written scripts such as Taxi Driver had it not been for Ingmar Bergman, What he has left is a legacy greater than any other director.... I think the extraordinary thing that Bergman will be remembered for, other than his body of work, was that he probably did more than anyone to make cinema a medium of personal and introspective value.

  Paul Schrader

  Thinking, Directors, Cinema

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• There are two visions of America. One precedes our founding fathers and finds its roots in the harshness of our Puritan past. It is very suspicious of freedom, uncomfortable with diversity hostile to science, unfriendly to reason, contemptuous of personal autonomy. It sees America as a religious nation. It views patriotism as allegiance to God. It secretly adores coercion and conformity. Despite our constitution, despite the legacy of the Enlightenment, it appeals to millions of Americans and threatens our freedom.

  Sherwin Wine

  Religious, Father, Past

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• Founders v. Bush brings the wisdom and eloquence of the Founding Fathers back to the people, while unmasking the fraudulent PR machine that is corrupting their words and stealing our legacy.

  Jim Hightower

  Father, People, Unmasking

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• I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.

  Mos Def

  Memories, Live Life, Sight

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• In a way players at the top should try to promote the game in their own countries as that is the legacy that makes you feel proud. If you have not done that you have failed as a sportsperson.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Country, Player, Games

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• A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful moneymaker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example. A manager may be tough and practical, squeezing out, while the going is good, the last ounce of profit and dividend, and may leave behind him an exhausted industry and a legacy of industrial hatred. A tough manager may never look outside his own factory walls or be conscious of his partnership in a wider world. I often wonder what strange cud such men sit chewing when their working days are over, and the accumulating riches of the mind have eluded them.

  Robert Menzies

  Country, Business, Wall

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• I wish the Peace Corps and its volunteers continued success and perseverance. We are grateful for their contributions to society and dedication to providing assistance where it is needed. May the Peace Corps continue its legacy of service, both at home and abroad.

  Kenny Marchant

  Perseverance, Grateful, Home

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• I have a great legacy, tarnished somewhat by the move.

  Art Modell

  Moving

  "Art Modell, former NFL owner, dies aged 87" by David Lengel, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2012.

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• I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Protect, Feels

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• I'm starting on Cirque du Soleil Michael Jackson show. So it's the equivalent of the Beatles' Love show they have, or the Elvis show. Which is exciting and terrifying all at the same time because it's such a huge responsibility. But that's why I took it on, because Mike was such a huge part of my career and life. we were friends for 20 years before he passed, since I was seven. So it's an opportunity for me to give back a little bit to his legacy.

  Wade Robson

  Responsibility, Opportunity, Years

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• I hope I would leave a legacy of joy -a legacy of real compassion.

  Rich Mullins

  Real, Compassion, Joy

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• If my life is motivated by my ambition to leave a legacy, what I'll probably leave as a legacy is ambition. But if my life is motivated by the power of the Spirit in me, if I live with the awareness of the indwelling Christ, if I allow His presence to guide my actions, to guide my motives, those sort of things. That's the only time I think we really leave a great legacy.

  Rich Mullins

  Ambition, Thinking, Spirit

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• Glass is the most magical of all materials. It transmits light in a special way...Im pleased that my art appeals to so many people of all ages. As a parent and an artist, Im especially looking forward to leaving a legacy at The Childrens Museum, a place where I hope my work brings joy to children who visit from all over the world.

  Dale Chihuly

  Art, Children, Museums

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• A painting is life and a painting is death . . . the picture is our own legacy left by tomorrow's dead for tomorrow's living.

  Ivan Albright

  Tomorrow, Painting, Left

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• The cross is not only imposed upon the saints as their burden, but bequeathed unto them as their legacy. It is given unto them as an honor and privilege.

  Richard Alleine

  Honor, Saint, Privilege

  Richard Alleine, Joseph Alleine (2000). “Heaven Opened: The Riches of God's Covenant Grace”, p.19, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• Conservative voters increasingly understand that the one legacy a president can leave is his judicial appointments.

  Paul Weyrich

  President, Voters, Conservative

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• It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.

  Jack Anderson

  Father, Government, Views

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• It is natural to admire and revere really great men. They hallow the nation to which they belong, and lift up not only all who live in their time, but those who live after them. Their great example becomes the common heritage of their race; and their great deeds and great thoughts are the most glorious legacies of mankind.

  Samuel Smiles

  Men, Race, Example

  Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.21

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• My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.

  Sue Kelly

  Effort, Environmental, Generations

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• Rejoice in the works of your hands, be happy and thankful that you are valuable, that what you say and do insn't taken for a ride, that you have rejected the notion of self-doubt and fear, that God isn't blind towards propagating your positive influence, and finally that you'll leave a meritorious legacy.

  Michael Bassey

  Taken, Self, Hands

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• What distinguishes [Afropolitans] is a willingness to complicate Africa – namely, to engage with, critique, and celebrate the parts of Africa that mean most to them. Perhaps what most typifies the Afropolitan consciousness is the refusal to oversimplify; the effort to understand what is ailing in Africa alongside the desire to honour what is wonderful, unique. Rather than essentialising the geographical entity, we seek to comprehend the cultural complexity; to honour the intellectual and spiritual legacy; and to sustain our parents’ cultures.

  Taiye Selasi

  Spiritual, Mean, Unique

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