I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
I'm particularly inspired by pristine locations. I enjoy working in areas where one can travel for miles without seeing any human influence. — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
The only way really to influence countries, in terms of poverty, is to get them to change their policies and get them… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
I gravitate towards places where humans have been and are no more, to the edge of man's influence, where the elements are… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence… — Constance Baker Motley Copy Share Image
Long after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian state and its security operatives still know who their long embedded human… — Gerard Batten Copy Share Image
Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to be, but no more-absolutely not. France… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
When I learned the news about Harmon today, I felt like I lost a family member. He has treated me like one… — Joe Mauer Copy Share Image
It is not clear to anyone, least of all the practitioners, how science and technology in their headlong course do or should… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
It is imperfection - not perfection - that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
If there's any country that has the capacity not to control North Korea, but to influence North Korea, it's still China. The… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Nobody is so constituted as to be able to live everywhere and anywhere; and he who has great duties to perform, which… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Capital burns off the nuance in a culture. Foreign investment, global markets, corporate acquisitions, the flow of information through transnational media, the… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“thing we can do for the young is set an example,’ said Oliver slowly. ‘I discovered that long ago. They don’t listen… — Penny Vincenzi Copy Share Image
If the Soul sees, after death , what passes on this earth , and watches over the welfare of those it loves,… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
In order to have enough of the raw materials...which will be lacking in wartime, we should plan to acquire and use foreign… — Sadao Araki Copy Share Image
Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
From campaign contributions to expensive perks paid for by special interests, wealthy donors and corporate special interests have increasingly been able to… — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
The mathematicians are well acquainted with the difference between pure science, which has only to do with ideas, and the application of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Road racing imitates life, the way it would be without the corruptive influence of civilization. When you see an enemy lying on… — Tim Krabbe Copy Share Image
I did go through graduate school and I like to do research, to create something that has a certain objective solidity. The… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
My experiences always influence my writing, but usually only on an emotional level. I have experienced death of a family member and… — Kim Smith Copy Share Image
Maybe it is the last chance for Europe to influence standards for world trade. Next it will be between the US and… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
On the surface, rock and roll changes at an amazing pace. The influence of a figure like the Maharishi can appear and… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
Our fears are an amazing gift of the imagination ... a way of glimpsing what might be the future when there's still… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
I played a lot under John Wright, he's been a great influence on how I'll go about the job, in terms of… — Anil Kumble Copy Share Image
My explanation remains the same: It was an attempt to make the point that anyone who opposed the war can achieve their… — James P. Moran Copy Share Image
The influence of John Hughes is fully felt in the melodrama 'Donnie Darko.' This first film written and directed by Richard Kelly… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
The United States should have stepped up and destroyed ISIS at its origins rather than wait until ISIS grew their capabilities and… — Ryan Zinke Copy Share Image
I use vulgar language in my writing. Or for people I don't like, but I have never had an outburst of anger… — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
The spirit of gratitude is always pleasant and satisfying because it carries with it a sense of helpfulness to others; it begets… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
There's a time that may come in an organization where leading by influence is not enough. When things are not going the… — Abigail Johnson Copy Share Image
There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?" "Are you a… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
[The spirit of party] opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through… — George Washington Copy Share Image
For a long time now, movie characters have generally been articulate, even chatty. Call it the influence of Woody Allen, but we… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
[The movies] make the sort of comment only a novel can make, an allusion to the world in which people live, the… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
I guess there might come a point when I will want to live an anonymous life. I'm only at the start of… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
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