Influential Quotes - Page 9

• A girl's father is the first man in her life, and probably the most influential.

  David Jeremiah

  Girl, Father, Men

  David Jeremiah, Carole C. Carlson (1988). “Exposing the Myths of Parenthood”, W Publishing Group

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• In the learned journal, in the influential newspaper, I discern no form; only some irresponsible shadow; oftener some monied corporation, or some dangler, who hopes, in the mask and robes of his paragraph, to pass for somebody. But through every clause and part of speech of the right book I meet the eyes of the most determined men; his force and terror inundate every word: the commas and dashes are alive; so that the writing is athletic and nimble,--can go far and live long.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Writing, Eye

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• Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.

  Q'orianka Kilcher

  Responsibility, Light, Issues

  "Kilcher has rare maturity for a young actress" by G. Allen Johnson, www.sfgate.com. May 13, 2010.

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• Sometimes the most influential thing we can do is listen.

  Bob Burg

  Sometimes, Can Do

  Twitter post from Feb 26, 2015

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• The great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate and consume information. The latter is a tendency which our important and influential modern communications media can encourage. Information is important, but it is not enough. All too often things get simplified, different positions and viewpoints are pitted against one another, and people are invited to take sides, rather than to see things as a whole.

  Pope Francis

  Communication, Media, People

  Pope Francis' Message For The 49th World Communications Day, w2.vatican.va. January 23, 2015.

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• My acting teacher in high school was really influential, and we still keep in touch.

  Brandon Jay McLaren

  Teacher, School, Acting

  "Q&A – Brandon Jay McLaren (Bennet Ahmed)". AMCtv interview, www.amc.com. 2012.

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• We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.

  A. J. P. Taylor

  Country, Successful, Reality

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• Children model the behavior of adults, on whatever scale is available to them. Ours are growing up in a nation whose most important, influential men - from presidents to the coolest film characters - solve problems by killing people. ... We have taught our children in a thousand ways, sometimes with flag-waving and sometimes with a laugh track, that the bad guy deserves to die.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Children, Growing Up, Character

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• We've always believed that popular culture and populist politics go hand in hand. It's an honor to be working with so many respected and influential artists, and we're indebted to them for having the courage to speak out at a time when our country so desperately needs change. For our 2.5 million members and far beyond, the Vote for Change tour will have a seismic cultural impact.

  Eli Pariser

  Country, Artist, Impact

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• Followers have a very clear picture of what they want and need from the most influential leaders in their lives: trust, compassion, stability, and hope.

  Tom Rath

  Compassion, Leader, Needs

  Tom Rath, Barry Conchie (2008). “Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

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• Das Kapital, I think, is very difficult to read, and for me, it was not very influential.

  Thomas Piketty

  Thinking, Difficult

  "'Marx? I never really managed to read it' – an interview with Thomas Piketty". Interview with Isaac Chotiner, www.newstatesman.com. May 6, 2014.

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• Universities want to recruit the students that they believe will best represent the university while in school and beyond. Students with a robust social media presence and clearly defined personal brand stand to become only more influential.

  Amy Jo Martin

  Believe, School, Media

  "Your Social Score Is the New Credit Score" by Amy Jo Martin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2012.

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• The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and it becomes very influential.

  Ray Stevens

  Funny Things, Brain, Melody

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• By the time I was 11, I wanted to be a comedian. So all those years later, I've managed to achieve my dream as a kid, and it wasn't easy. I'm on the [Hollywood] Walk of Fame and I'm one of the 25 most influential Hispanics in America, according to Time Magazine. I think my duty is to go back and tell kids, 'Whatever color you are, wherever you come from, anything and everything is possible.' And I'm living proof.

  George Lopez

  Dream, Kids, Thinking

  "Seriously Funny". Interview with Brett Wilbur, www.carmelmagazine.com. February 1, 2007.

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• I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking about people I admire, whether it's a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever.

  Benicio Del Toro

  Sports, Men, Thinking

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• Theatre outings are my favourite thing to spend money on. The most influential play I saw was Bent, which starred Ian McKellen. And I loved the original performance of The Rocky Horror Show, with Richard OBrien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15.

  Dawn French

  Play, Theatre, Saws

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• The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don't build 'wiggle room' into the asking price. There's a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.

  Barbara Corcoran

  War, Home, Winning

  "Can't sell your home? Here are 9 tips that will help" by Barbara Corcoran, www.today.com. December 15, 2010.

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• Part of becoming a little bit older and having the opportunities that I have, you want to start giving back to people who have been influential and helped you along the way.

  Grant Achatz

  Opportunity, People, Giving

  "A Conversation with Grant Achatz". Interview with Joanne Camas, www.epicurious.com.

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• Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with Highway, there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended Highway to be the first film that I ever made. Didnt happen.

  Imtiaz Ali

  Firsts, Stories, Film

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• Anything I wanted to do and achieve has not been influential in my life, but my failures have.

  Imtiaz Ali

  Achieve, Wanted

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• Eddie Van Halen was probably the most influential.

  Tony Iommi

  Vans, Van Halen

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• Of all the arguments against voluntary euthanasia, the most influential is the slippery slope: once we allow doctors to kill patients, we will not be able to limit the killing to those who want to die.

  Peter Singer

  Doctors, Want, Able

  Peter Singer (2016). “Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter”, p.89, Princeton University Press

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• I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is mass psychology.... Its importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda. Of these the most influential is what is called 'education.' Religion plays a part, though a diminishing one; the press, the cinema, and the radio play an increasing part.... It may be hoped that in time anybody will be able to persuade anybody of anything if he can catch the patient young and is provided by the State with money and equipment.

  Bertrand Russell

  Thinking, Play, Psychology

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “The Impact of Science on Society”, p.27, Routledge

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• I don't want to be one of those easily forgotten people, so important at the time, so special, so influential, and so treasured, yet years later just a vague face and a distant memory.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Memories, Years, People

  Cecelia Ahern (2005). “Rosie Dunne”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• I can see where influential people would like Maharishi better than Jesus. My God, if the Beatles and Mia Farrow went to Jesus, He'd tell them to give all their money away.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Jesus, Giving, People

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