"The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life."
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"There are major influences on us that people are not aware of. There are big lies that nobody's willing to discuss."
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"My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them."
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"The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila."
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"I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door."
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"I do own CDs by Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, and Joni Mitchell, but I don't think of them as being major influences on my writing."
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"Under the influence of music, it seems that I feel what I do not really feel, that I understand what I do not understand, that I do what I cannot do."
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"Take Google - I can use it, you can use it, anyone else can use it, but we all know its designed so that private power can influence significantly how you access it."
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"David Bowie is such a big influence to me. Everything about him as a person is intriguing to me."
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"Teachers affect eternity. There is no telling where their influence stops."
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"Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops."
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"We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described."
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"A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other."
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"You come out of doing that kind of side of electronic music, you're gonna take that knowledge with you and not ignore it. That'd be ridiculous to spend 10 years on something and not use that as an influence."
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"Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages."
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"The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me."
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"Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world"
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"In Britain I'm sometimes regarded as a suspiciously Europeanized writer, who has this rather dubious French influence."
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"The more valuable you become [in your company], the more influence you have, the better communicator you are, you manage your time better, and you recognize people for their contributions. You also become more valuable as a spouse, parent and friend."
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"All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability."
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