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The writers I care about most and never grow tired of are: Shakespeare, Swift, Fielding, Dickens, Charles Reade, Flaubert and, among modern writers, James Joyce,… — George Orwell
I remember when I was very young, I read an article by Fats Domino which has really influenced me. He said, 'You should never sing… — Mick Jagger
I would have to say the novel 'War and Peace' influenced me more than any other book. This greatest of novels demonstrated to me the… — Douglas Preston
I take every opportunity to articulate to others the ways that they have blessed and influenced me. I hold sweet memories of making the opportunity… — Mary Anne Radmacher
[Herschel and Humboldt] stirred up in me a burning zeal to add even the most humble contribution to the noble structure of Natural Science. No… — Charles Darwin
I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. — Tanith Lee
The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words. — Sam Mendes
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was 'Ben Hur'. — Roberto Benigni
I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything,… — Stanley Donen
The funniest thing is not who influenced me positively, but who influenced me negatively. I had such an aversion to what Busby Berkeley did; in… — Stanley Donen
I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I can't… — Nell Freudenberger
So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in the… — Cee Lo Green
The films that influenced me were so disparate that there's almost no pattern. — James Cameron
One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films. — Rebecca Hall
I didn't think much about foreign readers when I began 'Naruto,' but I knew that many of the artists who influenced me had already been… — Masashi Kishimoto
I don't live by 'The Rules' you know, and if there's one person who has influenced me in that way of thinking, someone who is… — David
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life. — Charles de Gaulle
But if I were to say who influenced me most, then I'd say Franz Kafka. And his works were always anchored in the Central European… — Vaclav Havel
When I was a kid, I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop… — Alicia Keys
There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced her own music,… — Queen Latifah
One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt… — Lisa Loeb
I can't think of any musician or producer who has influenced me more than Brian Eno. From when he was in Roxy Music, producing Devo,… — Moby
The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge. — Colin Mochrie
What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for… — Alanis Morissette
The thing that influenced me most in relation to 'Nanny McPhee' were the Westerns I watched with my father. All the Spaghetti Westerns; all the… — Emma Thompson

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