"Consciousness succumbs all too easily to unconscious influences, and these are often truer and wiser than our conscious thinking."
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"In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident."
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"For whatever reason, God has blessed me with the ability, put me in a position to make these leaps and bounds. I'm fulfilling my part of the bargain, which is to give back and be a positive influence on others."
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"Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives."
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"Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior."
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"The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them"
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"Keep the weeds of negative influence from your life. 'Farm' the seeds of constructive influence."
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"You can exert no influence if you are not susceptible to influence."
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"When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result."
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"Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust. Nothing is as fulfilling as a relationship of trust. Nothing is as inspiring as an offering of trust. Nothing is as profitable as the economics of trust. Nothing has more influence than a reputation of trust."
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"Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to order."
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"You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself."
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"In almost every computation a great variety of arrangements for the succession of the processes is possible, and various considerations must influence the selections amongst them for the purposes of a calculating engine. One essential object is to choose that arrangement which shall tend to reduce to a minimum the time necessary for completing the calculation."
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"The Press, which is mostly controlled by vested interests, has an excessive influence on public opinion."
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"Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform."
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"I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way."
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"Every gathering of Americans-whether a few on the porch of a crossroads store or massed thousands in a great stadium-is the possessor of a potentially immeasurable influence on the future."
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"People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced."
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"Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence."
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"Your power to choose your direction of your life allows you to reinvent yourself, to change your future, and to powerfully influence the rest of creation."
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