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		I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.
	
	  Bret Easton Ellis Bret Easton Ellis
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		I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.
	
	  Carol Moseley Braun Carol Moseley Braun
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		Schoolchildren and older people like the idea of planting trees. For children, it's interesting that an acorn will grow into an oak, and for older people it's a legacy. And the act of planting a tree is not that difficult.
	
	  Clive Anderson Clive Anderson
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		No legacy is so rich as honesty.
	
	  William Shakespeare William Shakespeare
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		If we talk about changes of power in Russia, that has occurred several times in the past century. After Stalin came Khrushchev, who implemented his legacy quite radically, one could say. But there was no blood, nonetheless. After Brezhnev came Gorbachev. I'm not talking about the ones who were in power for only a short period of time. Gorbachev, too, left a very radical legacy.
	
	  Mikhail Khodorkovsky Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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		Maybe I wanted to have kids because you want to leave behind lessons, leave behind everything that matters to you. That's how you touch the world. But I have to reconsider what it's like to leave a legacy.
	
	  Mattie Stepanek Mattie Stepanek
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		I am not concerned about getting reelected. I can make the unpopular but necessary decision. Your focus from day one is on your legacy rather than political considerations.
	
	  Benigno Aquino III Benigno Aquino III
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		What I am most proud of is the legacy of hope that FIFA and football leaves around the world. It makes all of the efforts and energy I pour into this job worth it.
	
	  Sepp Blatter Sepp Blatter
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		I take his Theodore Geisel legacy very, very seriously. I know others may disagree because he's made such an impact on so many people that response to work becomes very personal, so people will have different points of view. But, at the core of this, I take the protection and the extension of his legacy very, very seriously. It's a very important part of my life.
	
	  Christopher Meledandri Christopher Meledandri
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		Americans want our leaders to defend our values, our culture, our legacy of liberty and our way of life, not apologize.
	
	  Christine O'Donnell Christine O'Donnell
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		The challenge is making sure that every single moment is honest, no matter what. It's doing Eric Carter justice. Not trying to fill Jack Bauer's shoes. Not trying to step into Kiefer's legacy.
	
	  Corey Hawkins Corey Hawkins
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		As a Coalition Government, we inherited a legacy of lack of trust and confidence in political system.
	
	  Andrew Lansley Andrew Lansley
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		Our legacy is really the lives we touch, the inspiration we give, altering someone's plan - if even for a moment - and getting them to think, cry, laugh, argue. More than anything, we are remembered for our smiles; the ones we share with our closest and dearest, and the ones we bestow on a total stranger, who needed it RIGHT THEN, and God put you there to deliver.
	
	  Carrie Hamilton Carrie Hamilton
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		I feel humble that the legacy of those two bands is still intact. It gives me a thrill when people say our music has influenced them in some way or other.
	
	  Simon Kirke
			
			
				Bad Company Simon Kirke
			
			
				Bad Company
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		Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how we construct our experiences. At the very simplest, it can be: 'He/she was born, lived, died.' Probably that is the template of our stories - a beginning, middle, and end. This structure is in our minds.
	
	  Doris Lessing Doris Lessing
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		America is now the only global superpower, and Eurasia is the globe's central arena. Hence, what happens to the distribution of power on the Eurasian continent will be of decisive importance to America's global primacy and to America's historical legacy.
	
	  Zbigniew Brzezinski Zbigniew Brzezinski
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		With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.
	
	  Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt
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		To build my legacy and be that person I want to be, this is what it's going to take: to get on the road and travel. Let's do it that way.
	
	  Deontay Wilder Deontay Wilder