Influence Quotes - Page 19

• All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

  Michael Scott

  Stories, Storytelling, Great Literary

  Source: emunderwood.com

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• I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, "Do what I do." I think it's a little pretentious to say, "I'm a role model"; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.

  Kim Kardashian

  Thinking, Role Models, Trying

  "Exclusive! Kim Kardashian West on Baby No. 2, Her New Style, and Life in the Spotlight". Interview with Alex Morris, www.glamour.com. June 1, 2015.

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• Everyone has their parent's [music] collection which is strongly influences what you listen to as a kid. You have no choice. You have to listen to whatever they're bumpin. I grew up with what they listened to a lot.

  Ryan Lewis

  Kids, Choices, Parent

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• I believe hip hop is being used in some mass way to influence underachievement.

  Cee Lo Green

  Believe, Hip Hop, Way

  "CeeLo and Goodie Mob on Their Comeback, Kanye West's 'Emotional Problems,' More". Interview with Marlow Stern, www.thedailybeast.com. August 13, 2013.

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• A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual.

  Oscar de la Renta

  Fashion, Home, Play

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• Some people even think that I'm still just not right for it [ballet]. And I think it's shocking because they hear those words from critics saying I'm too bulky, I'm too busty. And then they meet me in person and they're like, you look like a ballerina. And I think it's just something maybe that I will never escape from, those people who are narrow-minded. But my mission, my voice, my story, my message, is not for them. And I think it's more important to think of the people that I am influencing and helping to see a broader picture of what beauty is.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, Voice, People

  Source: www.npr.org

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• What heart has not acknowledged the influence of this hour, the sweet and soothing hour of twilight, the hour of love, the hour of adoration, the hour of rest, when we think of those we love only to regret that we have not loved them more dearly, when we remember our enemies only to forgive them.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Sweet, Regret, Twilight

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• I believe that for the small numbers of Jewish people in the United States, they exercise a tremendous amount of influence on the affairs of government.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Believe, Exercise, Small Numbers

  "Meet The Press" with Tim Russert, www.finalcall.com. May 20, 1997.

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• Rejoice in the works of your hands, be happy and thankful that you are valuable, that what you say and do insn't taken for a ride, that you have rejected the notion of self-doubt and fear, that God isn't blind towards propagating your positive influence, and finally that you'll leave a meritorious legacy.

  Michael Bassey

  Taken, Self, Hands

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• Three things a leader or manager should be thinking: What's happening? What's not happening? and What can I do to influence the outcome?

  John Baldoni

  Thinking, Leader, Outcomes

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• Position yourself as a
  center of influence, the one
  who knows the movers and
  shakers. People will
  respond to that, and you'll
  soon become what you
  project.

  Bob Burg

  People, Projects, Movers And Shakers

  Bob Burg (1994). “Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales”, McGraw-Hill Companies

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• The masks we wear are simply veils that we have chosen to hide behind in order to get our way, or to demonstrate how we are reacting to the powers and forces that seem to influence us from the external world. They are part of our self image, and in some cases the mask is nothing more than a protective device, a defense mechanism.

  John Randolph Price

  Self, Order, World

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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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• The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.

  Eleanor Porter

  Beautiful, Heart, Character

  Eleanor Porter (2003). “Pollyanna”, ePenguin

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• I still credit Adrian Lester with being one of my biggest influences.

  Ashley Madekwe

  Credit, Stills

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

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• The musical flags of the world should fly at half mast because truly one of the greatest guitarists in the world and king of the blues has died. I have cherished him and so has the rest of the world who knew him and loved him for his entire career. As we pain, we must celebrate that his music, his style of playing and singing will last forever, from the recordings that he has done and the influence that he has had and will have on guitarists all over this planet. Long live the spirit of B.B. King.

  Stevie Wonder

  Kings, Pain, Careers

  FaceBook post by Stevie Wonder from May 16, 2015

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• A mother can exert an influence unequaled by any other person in any other relationship.

  D. Todd Christofferson

  Mother, Persons

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• There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance, depending on the person of one gender or another, and sometimes where that is less of an influence in your life.

  Charles M. Blow

  May, Sometimes, Moments

  "After Childhood Abuse, 'Times' Columnist Says He Chose Life Over Vengeance". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2014.

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• England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Country, Responsibility, Home

  Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1886). “Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches”

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• We should treat children as God does us, who makes us happiest when He leaves us under the influence of innocent delusions.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Children, Childhood, Doe

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• It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Relation, Circumstances, Determine

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• By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Mean, Soul, Religion

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• There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Dull, Authorship, Command

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• The breast of a good man is a little heaven commencing on earth; where the Deity sits enthroned with unrivaled influence, every subjugated passion, "like the wind and storm, fulfilling his word.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Passion, Men, Wind

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.36

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• Policy counselleth a gift, given wisely and in season;
  And policy afterwards approveth it, for great is the influence of gifts.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Given, Policy, Seasons

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1867). “Proverbial Philosophy (the First and Second Series) by Martin F. Tupper”, p.231

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