Influence Quotes
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It can connect us to memories. It can influence our mood and our responses to problems we might face.
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It was not in my nature to be an assertive person. I was used to looking to others for guidance, for influence, sometimes for the most basic cues of life. And yet writing stories is one of the most assertive things a person can do. Fiction is an act of willfulness, a deliberate effort to reconceive, to rearrange, to reconstitute nothing short of reality itself. Even among the most reluctant and doubtful of writers, this willfulness must emerge. Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying, "Listen to me."
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Influence is a very tenuous matter. I try to avoid it in every respect. I don't want to be influenced by anybody.
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There was a whole scene that was influenced by hip-hop, dance music and club culture and that was really how the journey started.
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It is not up to us to particularize, but rather to deduce that the concepts of human rights originated from the divine influence because, as far as we are concerned, we are compelled to recognize our slow individual evolution from fierce selfishness toward a universal love, from the iniquity toward true justice.
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Habit 7 is taking the time to sharpen the saw. By renewing the four dimensions of your nature - physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional, you can work more quickly and effortlessly. To do this, we must be proactive. This is a Quadrant II (important, not urgent) activity that must be acted on. It's at the center of our Circle of Influence, so we must do it for ourselves.
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No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.
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In some ways, privileged women who are closer to power wind up being able to exert their influence in ways that change public policy in ways that women with less power don't have access to.
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No one can truly see Christ, and drink in the influence of his character, and not be a Christian at heart.
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You can't influence somebody when you're judging them.
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I made mistakes. I let other people influence me and make decisions, sometimes without my knowledge.
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Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.
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Louise de Keroualle, being a Frenchwoman from the French court, was feared by most Englishmen for how she might influence their king, and that fear quickly turned to hatred.
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It's not leadership by position that allows people to succeed; it's the capacity to influence the thoughts, the feelings, the emotions, and the actions of other human beings.
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Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable.
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We determine how much influence we'll have, when we decide how available we'll be.
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We never realized how much of an influence we had.
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A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have wracked my brain to figure it out. I pretty much have had a normal childhood. Maybe it was too normal.
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Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
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You can move a leader’s feet by force, or you can move their hearts by influence and inspiration.
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There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world - no matter how large or small our circle of influence.
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Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.
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I want to use my position of influence to change the laws of the land to the benefit of the women of Trinidad and Tobago, divide the economic pie more evenly and appoint more women to positions within the government.
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Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.
