Great Influence Quotes - Page 2

• Mantovani was a great influence on me.

  Brian May

  Influence

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• 'm the second oldest of eight kids. I'd have to say, what inspires me is making sure my siblings have a good role model to look up to. Nowadays, influencers do anything to keep up with each other for attention, and it's not always something today's youth should mimic. I understand that with great influence comes great responsibility.

  Melanie Iglesias

  Sibling, Kids, Responsibility

  "Melanie Iglesias: The Practice of Happiness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

  Martin Short

  Influence

  Biography/ Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. Once and again one of those great influences which we call a Cause arises in the midst of a nation. Men of strenuous minds and high ideals come forward.... The attacks they sustain are more cruel than the collision of arms.... Friends desert and despise them.... They stand alone and oftentimes are made bitter by their isolation.... They are doing nothing less than defy public opinion, and shall they convert it by blows. Yes.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Leadership, Men, Blow

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• The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.

  John Marshall

  Party, Political, United States

  John Marshall (1845). “The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative”, p.252

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• New York is a meeting place for every race in the world, but the Chinese, Armenians, Russians, and Germans remain foreigners. So does everyone except the blacks. There is no doubt but that the blacks exercise great influence in North America, and, no matter what anyone says, they are the most delicate, spiritual element in that world.

  Federico Garcia Lorca

  Spiritual, New York, Exercise

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• When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats.

  Howard Nemerov

  Writing, Literature, Yeats

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• A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet and sang with their whole body... Their music was so strong and expressive, it used to bring tears to my eyes.

  Mahalia Jackson

  Music, Strong, Eye

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• Writers, especially when they act in a body and with one direction, have great influence on the public mind.

  Edmund Burke

  Writing, One Direction, Mind

  Edmund Burke (1860). “The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir”, p.505

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• My grandmother had great influence on me. She was secretary of state in the 1970's, and that's when I was born. She showed me the importance of public service, and she was admired by people regardless of their political party.

  Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

  Party, Grandmother, People

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• The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye.

  Amy Tan

  Reading, Influence, Catchers

  "Author of The Joy Luck Club". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1996.

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• Dad has always been - and still is - a great influence on me. He has always stood up for spirit, staying true to his beliefs... and I like to do the same with regard to my own true beliefs, regardless of potential criticism or mockery.

  Linus Roache

  Dad, Criticism, Spirit

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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