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Aldous Huxley Novelist, Essayist
Influence

"What the rest of us see only under the influence of mescalin, the artist is congenitally equipped to see all the time."

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Alex Winston Singer-Songwriter
Influence

"The influence is really all over the place. Detroit, definitely because of Motown and Stooges. When you come from a place like Detroit, you're really proud of what you have there."

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Ali Larijani Politician
Influence

"I really and definitely think that France has the capability to come forward. The EU should maintain their own position, without influence."

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Teddy Thompson Musician
Influence

"Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it's always been a big influence on my own songwriting."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
Influence

"Really, all things and persons are related to us, but according to our nature, they act on us not at once, but in succession, andwe are made aware of their presence one at a time. All persons, all things which we have known, are here present, and many more than we see; the world is full."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"For, truly speaking, whoever provokes me to a good act or thought has given me a pledge of his fidelity to virtue,--he has come under the bonds to adhere to that cause to which we are jointly attached."

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Teju Cole Author, Photographer
Influence

"Sebald, Naipaul, and Joyce are three of my biggest influences, all of them for their formal freedom and their ability to create mood. So those comparisons are immensely flattering and, of course, unearned."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
Influence

"Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor happiness can be attained: but those who are not yet subject to their influence may, by timely caution, preserve their freedom."

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