Influences Quotes
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The road to success may be, and generally is, obstructed by many influences which must be removed before the goal can be reached.
Napoleon Hill
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Most of our great influences were male rockers, like Led Zeppelin.
Nancy Wilson Heart
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Afro-Caribbean influences are in me as a creative being the same way Spanish influences were in Picasso's work. I think the notion of labels - "black dancer, black choreographer" -is a ploy to divide and conquer, and to limit.
Garth Fagan
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Since childhood, sports has been one of the most important influences in my life.
Lindsey Vonn
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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
Lao Tzu
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God leaves to our conscience the choice of the road we decide to follow, and the liberty of yielding to one or another of the opposing influences that act upon us.
Allan Kardec
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Perceived self-efficacy influences the types of causal attributions people make for their performances.
Albert Bandura
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Who are my influences? Everybody.
Cameron Esposito
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'Hot Fuss' was all based on fantasy. The English influences, the makeup - they were what I imagined rock was. I'm a dreamer, you know? So I dug into that dream and made 'Hot Fuss.' But hearing people call us 'the best British band from America' made me wonder about my family and who I was.
Brandon Flowers The Killers
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It's hard to narrow down your influences in comedy.
Cameron Esposito
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There have never been a lot of female guitarists out there, so most of my influences were male. Acoustically, I followed Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. Also, John Lennon and Paul McCartney - both incredible acoustic guitar players.
Nancy Wilson Heart
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I remember watching Robert Powell many years ago. He did 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I remember thinking that was probably my favorite. Once I got the role, I didn't want to watch anything, because it only influences what you do.
Juan Pablo Di Pace
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Prayer lays hold upon God and influences Him to work. This is the meaning of prayer as it concerns God. This is the doctrine of prayer, or else there is nothing whatever in prayer.
Edward McKendree Bounds
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. . . in seclusion, she had secluded herself from a thousand natural and healing influences; that, her mind, brooding solitary, had grown diseased, as all minds do and must and will that reverse the appointed order of their Maker . . .
Charles Dickens
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Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.
Esperanza Spalding
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The kind of people who can assemble huge crowds into one spot will be the major influences on mass culture in the next decade. The rock enthusiasts have created some of the most exciting theatrical events on the planet.
Jim Morrison The Doors
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I think music influences fashion and has done so for generations.
Georgia May Jagger
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I bring a lot of international influence, and right now I really feel like I'm ahead of the game.
BeBe Zahara Benet
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The past influences everything and dictates nothing.
Adam Phillips
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Even though the music I make gathers influences from all over the place, I feel that the core of what I do comes from the jazz tradition. In terms of improvisation, interaction, feel and overall concept, Jazz is my main source of information and inspiration.
Miguel Zenon
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I don't know what genre you would put us into, and I'm always telling people that. When I'm trying to explain In This Moment's sound to them, all I can say is that its diverse-sounding, with influences such as metalcore's breakdowns, metal in general and some melodic rock.
Maria Brink
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Most of my influences are from the past.
Boy George Culture Club
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Via the squares on the chessboard, the Indians explain the movement of time and the age, the higher influences which control the world and the ties which link Chess with the human soul.
Al-Masudi
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The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without. He is like a float tossed about by the waves of a turbulent sea.
Nikola Tesla