#influence

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs. ↗

— Jackson Browne

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Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced by European music! ↗

— Dave Brubeck

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My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

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Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

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Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively past-, present- or future-oriented. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

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Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

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I have learned that trying to guess what the boss or the client wants is the most debilitating of all influences in the creation of good advertising. ↗

— Leo Burnett

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But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist. ↗

— Edward Burns

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When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant. ↗

— Geezer Butler

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I really learned the power of the tube on Sesame Street and how it can influence a very young mind. ↗

— Ruth Buzzi

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