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Influence Quotes
"It's definitely an influence, I mean how can you not say you are influenced to play rock."
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"But in simple substances the influence of one monad over another is ideal only."
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"If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly."
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"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."
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"The belief of Gnan (Knowledge of the Self) is known as samkit (Right belief). Ignorant belief is known as mithyatva (illusion)."
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"In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of."
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"I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer."
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"I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way."
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"I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per day."
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"Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind."
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"The great are inspired. The extraordinary inspire."
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"The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment."
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"The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret."
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"When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold."
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"No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism."
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"There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was."
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"We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."
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"A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops."
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"Influence is when you don't talk and yet your words fill the room when you are absent and yet your presence is felt everywhere."
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"He could tell her that dogs used to look like cats and vice versa without a lick of proof and it would change the way she regarded the animals."
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"Influence is a very unpleasant subject and I deal with it in a maybe irresponsible way, which is to really ignore it. It would be a nightmare if we started to really think about it; it would tie our hands, it would tie everyone else's hands."
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"Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the Christians do not live in cultural centers and work in culture-forging fields such as academia, publishing, media, entertainment, and the arts. The assumption that society will improve simply be more Christian believers being present is no longer valid."
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"There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it."
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"I never met your likeness. Jane: you please me, and you master me - you seem to submit, and I like the sense of pliancy you impart; and while I am twining the soft, silken skein round my finger, it sends a thrill up my arm to my heart. I am influenced - conquered; and the influence is sweeter than I can express; and the conquest I undergo has a witchery beyond any triumph _I_ can win."
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"I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands."
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"Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me."
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"And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers."
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"I really do believe in the influence of your surroundings."
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"It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence."
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"So you want to be famous? You want to inspire large groups of people? You want to be recognized and appreciated by thousands or even millions? Stop trying to do it by speaking to the masses. Do it by speaking to individuals. If what you have is truly amazing and unique and worth sharing, individuals will share it. It is always about the individual, no matter how big you get. Remember that."
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"It's not about how smart you are--it's about capturing minds."
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"When someone influences you to think negatively, they take Charge of your Life and will lead you to Destruction."
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"A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull."
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"Share your success stories with others. Don't brag, but don't hide your light. People want (and need) to be inspired and instructed. I know I want to follow and learn from successful people. Isn't that the basis for every business and self-help book? People will also give you good ideas to build on your own wins when you share openly. And when you write out your wins to an audience, your own ideas start to grow within you. Will you try? What's a win you've had lately? Don't be shy about it."
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