Ben Miller Quotes
My father was always clowning around. It was a huge influence on me. In my family, everything is turned into a joke.
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With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers.
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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
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Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion.
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I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
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There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.
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Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
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I don't really know that I'm aware of a lot of the inspiration and influence that I'm under, because I didn't have an extensive musically educational upbringing.
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Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
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So as far as Serbia is concerned, it does not have the right to influence the privatization or to claim any property, because Kosovo is a former member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
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The biggest influence? I've had several at different times – but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.
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I've always felt very much from a mixed culture – mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me.
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Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.
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I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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I'm drawn to projects where I play these really complicated characters, but also where I can have some type of influence on affecting what we see as societal norms.
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'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
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We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor.
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I'm not the type of person who thinks up a joke and has to tell everyone.
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During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.
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Summer at the Hollis household is all about us getting together and enjoying the pool, and Fourth of July is probably one of my favorite holidays to do just that.
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We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.
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There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? Nothing can be that good if Piers Morgan is in it, you know what I mean?
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At the age of 11 is when I took my love & interest for singing a bit more serious.
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My father was always clowning around. It was a huge influence on me. In my family, everything is turned into a joke.
