#influence

I was always influenced by language. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

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For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

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One always hopes that you're going to have influence and staying power, but you never know. ↗

— Chris Frantz

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My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

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But as we shall see, Roosevelt, through a combination of events and influences, fell deeper and deeper into the toils of various revolutionary operators, not because he was interested in revolution but because he was interested in votes. ↗

— John T. Flynn

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The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky. ↗

— Lukas Foss

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Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original. ↗

— Lukas Foss

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I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That's a great way to freeze up. ↗

— Ben Fountain

#dwelling #every #freeze #get #great

The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930's were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly. ↗

— George Stigler

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The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France! ↗

— Antonia Fraser

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