Influence Quotes
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I know I'm never going to probably see the Taj Mahal or, you know, climb Mt. Everest, but I can still maybe influence peoples' way of thinking by a story that I do, by something I learn about the world.
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Acquiring Sunseeker deepens Wanda's international influence and represents an important step forward for the development of the business.
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I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.
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Female influence came from my grandmother and my aunt. They would sing Corsican love songs while cleaning the house and dress all in black and say melodramatic things like: 'I want to die.'
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The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the agencies enforcing the Covenant concerned with civil and political rights.
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The Hispanic culture is finding its way into the American culture. Places like Miami are going to be centers for that influence - places like Los Angeles and, certainly, cities in Texas.
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The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.
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Not to flatter myself, but I know that you can influence people's opinion as a musician, and I don't want to.
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The Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations all fell victim to chronically relying on Beijing's empty promises with the distant hope that China would finally use its influence to reign in Pyongyang's provocative behavior, to no avail.
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Force-backed humanitarianism, which relies on rational influence over events in other countries, may have been a more feasible project in the bipolar era of the Cold War, with its relatively defined and stable web of alliances and proxies.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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I truly believe that we're about to enter a second golden age of design. The first one was in the '50s and '60s, when designers like Raymond Loewy, Charles Eames, George Nelson and Dieter Rams were shepherds of the brands they were working with. They had influence over the products and how companies communicated and promoted themselves.
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Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.
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Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path.
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You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.
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As a writer, Chris Columbus was a big influence. 'The Goonies' was the first movie I ever saw that kids speak normally and not imagined how kids would talk. Always a big fan of Chris Columbus' dialogue and storytelling.
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Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.
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Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.
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You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.
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I write heavily under the influence of James Taylor.
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I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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The place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our circle of influence, our own character.
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I love Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I also love more cerebral poets like H.D. and Emily Dickinson. My parents subscribed to a monthly poetry periodical, and as a teenager I was introduced to Denise Levertov, who was an influence.
