Influence Quotes
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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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When you have a political environment that is being so heavily influenced by the Tea Party that calls for shrinking the size of government, you can't ignore it. There are political realities.
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Public influence is the real government of the world.
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My influences come from real life. I'm not interested in cinema for cinema's sake. I'm interested in life - what one does and how one interacts.
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I definitely acknowledge that The Matrix and Trinity had an influence on female action-oriented characters in television and in film. I think it's awesome.
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Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
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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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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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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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I talk with countries, whether it's the Arab states or in the Middle East, and they talk about how they're glad to see us fighting against Iran. I talk with different countries in reference to Syria, and we talk about how we can get the Iranian influence out. We're talking about North Korea and what we need to do and the pressure we need to put on China. They're happy that we're finally beating up on Russia for what they've done in the Ukraine.
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Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.
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We determine how much influence we'll have, when we decide how available we'll be.
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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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I made mistakes. I let other people influence me and make decisions, sometimes without my knowledge.
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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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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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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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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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You can move a leader’s feet by force, or you can move their hearts by influence and inspiration.
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Hopefully, I've helped him with my influence of being a better man and a better person. I can't tell him how to do everything. I can help and encourage him in any way I can. It's my job to put him in the best position to succeed. Off the court, I try to live my life the best way.
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You can't influence somebody when you're judging them.
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Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable.
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It doesn't matter what your cultural conditioning is, it falls into question under the influence of the psychedelic. And for most people that's frightening.
