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Bad writers have influences. Good writers steal. — S.M. Stirling
Nothing influences our ability to cope with the difficulties of our existence so much as the context in which we view them; the more contexts… — Theodore Zeldin
I am fooling only myself when I say that my mother exists now only in the photographs on my bulletin board or in the outline… — Hope Edelman
The so-called symptoms of disease are manifestations of an inherent principle of the organism to restore healthy function and to resist offending agents and influences. — Herbert M. Shelton
I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a thought to influences… — Anne Tyler
Marihuana influences Negroes to look at white people in the eye, step on white men's shadows and look at a white woman twice. — Harry J. Anslinger
Structure influences behavior. Design spaces that make you feel "you are welcome here and that you came to the right place." — Peter Block
The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of… — Upton Sinclair
Engrossed late and soon in professional cares, getting and spending, you may may so lay waste your powers that you may find, too late, with… — William Osler
Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood. — Garry Kasparov
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. — Ambrose Bierce
Consider prejudice. Once a person begins to accept a stereotype of a particular group, that "thought" becomes an active agent, "participating" in shaping how he… — Peter Senge
Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences. — Confucius
The more sincerity is developed, the greater share of truth you will have. And however much sincerity a person may have, there is always a… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat were major influences;… — Gene Wolfe
There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. — Don DeLillo
To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are… — Seneca the Younger
Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that… — LeAnn Rimes
The computer age has arrived, and it influences everything: analysis, preparation, information. Now a different talent is required - the ability to synthesize ideas. — Boris Spassky
My earliest influences were things I heard in my household. — Boz Scaggs
If you can influence the leaders, either with or without their conscious cooperation, you automatically influence the group which they sway. But men do not… — Edward Bernays
Love has no great influences upon the sum of life. — Samuel Johnson
People who say that only young people voted on the Internet, those who didn't see Pele play, forget that children are not orphans. There's always… — Diego Maradona
I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies. — Dan Fogelberg

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