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Predecessor Quotes (page 2)

George W. Bush quote: "I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for..."
I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well. George W. Bush
David Herbert Lawrence quote: "We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of..."
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. David Herbert Lawrence
To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble but just as often helps me see things my predecessors have missed. Robert B. Laughlin
I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor. Martin Van Buren
On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. Martin Van Buren
The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat. Bill Kristol
Donald Rumsfeld quote: "Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't..."
Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes. Donald Rumsfeld
Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world. Jonathan Kellerman
My first attempts to transmit typhus to laboratory animals, including the smaller species of monkeys, had failed, as had those of my predecessors, for reasons which I can easily supply today. Charles Jules Henry Nicole
Judd Apatow quote: "I always see other people as predecessors and admire them."
I always see other people as predecessors and admire them. Judd Apatow
Stephen Ambrose quote: "Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up..."
Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands. Stephen Ambrose

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