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.Ben Miller
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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.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
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.
Barbara Kruger -
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.
Ed Rendell -
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.
J. M. Coetzee -
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.
Sam Hunt -
The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
Dan Buettner
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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.
Jackson Browne -
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.
J. M. G. Le Clezio -
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.
Malcolm Mclaren -
I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
Rahm Emanuel -
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.
Rami Malek -
'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.'
Adam Green
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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.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
I'm not the type of person who thinks up a joke and has to tell everyone.
Samuel Larsen -
I want to make it to Heaven and be as good an influence on others as I can in that process.
Sam Brownback -
I've been a big Bob Marley fan forever. Forever. Like big, huge. Bob Marley and the Beatles, that's my big, giant music influence. I can listen to them all the time.
Eddie Murphy -
The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.
Isaac Hayes -
My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books.
Umberto Eco
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Truly, the world was a comedy of errors, and she was the butt of the joke.
Carole Nelson Douglas -
Hillary Clinton wouldn't have make a joke about wiping the server clean with a towel or now we find out about bashing old Blackberries to get rid of them or the fact that she had 13 Blackberries.
Eric Bolling -
It's an absolute honor to be taking part in the pageant for the Diamond Jubilee. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and will be a moment in history that will always be remembered. I'm really looking forward to being out on the river with friends and family. To mark this historic moment will be extremely special.
Steve McFadden -
A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
Wendy Carlos -
Be dramatically willing to focus on the customer at all costs, even at the cost of obsoleting your own stuff.
Scott Cook -
My father was always clowning around. It was a huge influence on me. In my family, everything is turned into a joke.
Ben Miller