Influenced Quotes
656 Influenced quotes by 595 unique authors
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When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this behavior by his…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.
— Imogen Cunningham
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I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance…
— Benjamin Franklin
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When Men are irritated, and the Passions inflamed, they fly hastily and cheerfully to Arms; but after the first emotions are over, to expect, among…
— George Washington
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Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how…
— Richard Henry Lee
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Yes, I am influenced by everbody. But every time I put my hands in my pockets I find someone else's fingers there.
— Willem de Kooning
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I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets,
— PJ Harvey
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I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to…
— Cornelia Funke
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I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for…
— Ann Patchett
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I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the…
— Nathan Hale
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If you are influenced by the opinions of others, you will have no DESIRE of your own.
— Napoleon Hill
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Everyone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you feel it.
— Thelonious Monk
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In my opinion, Louis Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time and long after
— Al Hirt
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The important thing is not establishing if you are afraid or not but it's to be able to live with your own fear without being…
— Giovanni Falcone
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I mean, I do consider that my music is pop because Ive been influenced by pop music my whole life; I grew up in the…
— Enrique Iglesias
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While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments…
— Jon Meacham
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I have heard many arguments which influenced my opinion, but never one which influenced my vote.
— Unknown Author
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No movie influenced me more to go after my dreams than 'Flashdance.' After seeing it, I took 15 dance lessons a week. I cut all…
— Elizabeth Berkley
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Men have influenced my activism and feminism both positively and negatively. As most gender differences are social, not genetic, we still need to change what…
— Eva Cox
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In fact, even the current administration now is releasing recent reports indicating that climate change is real, that global warming is occurring, that it is…
— Ron Kind
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It is indeed better (as no one ever could deny) that men should be led to worship God by teaching, than that they should be…
— Saint Augustine
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Mating Strategy is influenced by the cardinal fact that women have more at stake in sexual activity than men, because of the limited age span…
— E. O. Wilson
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
— Gautama Buddha
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I have learned nothing in twenty years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than raw power. They…
— M. Scott Peck
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The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the most imposing personages of the a splendid procession; it is by them that the mob…
— Walter Bagehot
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