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Influence Quotes
"A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops."
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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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"We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."
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“Presenting a humble façade gains trust; flattery appeals to ego; combine the two to gain an ego-based trust within someone, and you will find in your hands a judgment-clouding tool second only to love.”
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"Is the energy of your circle positive enough to bring out the best in you? If it's not, then it's time to wisely reposition yourself."
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"The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis."
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"Greatness can be contagious, but first there must be contact."
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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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"Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do."
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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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"We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly."
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"No man voluntarily expresses his opinion without some intent to make a difference, and even if he does, he shouldn't."
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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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"The interests of the United States are better served by demanding reform and seeing that reform takes place than by removing our influence from the UN."
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"I'd begun reading Crumb shortly before that, and other underground stuff, so that was an influence to some degree. Of course the Marvel and DC comics, they had been my main interests in my teenage years."
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"I don't think that I'm over his influence but they probably don't look like Picassos; Picasso himself would probably have thrown up looking at my pictures."
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"The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila."
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"I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing."
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"It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing."
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"When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats."
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"Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something."
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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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"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with."
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"Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path."
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"In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent."
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"The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more from its secret, insensible influence, than from its immediate application."
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"Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen."
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"King's Quest IV was a much bigger hit than I, II, or III. I do feel that King's Quest IV was a pivotal game in bringing in more female players."
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"There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am."
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"The cinema has done more for my spiritual life than the church. My ideas of fame, success and beauty all originate from the big screen. Whereas Christian religion is retreating everywhere and losing more and more influence; film has filled the vacuum and supports us with myths and action-controlling images."
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"In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically."
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"Glow What can you do and how can you be in order to bring out the best in others and truly help them shine? Be complimentary; say something nice. Be a great listener and make them feel like you are hanging on every word. Create enthusiasm and anticipation for the person they are getting ready to meet. Act as you have personally invited them to the party and help ensure they have a wonderful time. Give people an experience, not just a conversation."
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"I think we'll always have newspapers, but they'll lose influence."
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"Furthermore, and a point I really want to make very strongly, is that this is the first Administration since Herbert Hoover not to create a net gain in jobs in the course of its Administration."
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"Scholars and historians have dubbed the last 100 years the American Century, and I think there can be little doubt that the Council on Foreign Relations helped to make it so."
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"Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got."
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