#influence

Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance. ↗

— James C. Maxwell

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Naturally, I do things my own way but I'm certainly influenced by my mother's way of doing things. ↗

— Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

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My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#compliment #exactly #fan #filmmaker #frustrated

I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very inspiring to me. ↗

— Elizabeth Moss

#been #bette #bette davis #biggest #davis

You are bound to pick up influences. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#influences #pick #up #you

Mantovani was a great influence on me. ↗

— Brian May

#influence #me

I want to give just a slight indication of the influence the book has had. I knew that George Orwell, in his second novel, A Clergyman's Daughter , published in 1935, had borrowed from Joyce for his nighttime scene in Trafalgar Square, where Deafie and Charlie and Snouter and Mr. Tallboys and The Kike and Mrs. Bendigo and the rest of the bums and losers keep up a barrage of song snatches, fractured prayers, curses, and crackpot reminiscences. But only on my most recent reading of Ulysses did I discover, in the middle of the long and intricate mock-Shakespeare scene at the National Library, the line 'Go to! You spent most of it in Georgina Johnson's bed, clergyman's daughter.' So now I think Orwell quarried his title from there, too. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#george-orwell #influence #james-joyce #literary-criticism #literature

Surround yourself with people who are really good and really passionate about what they do regardless of what it is… positivity and passion make a powerful combination. ↗

— Rachael Bermingham

#motivational-quotes #passionate-living #positive-influence #inspirational

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion. ↗

— Harold H. Greene

#influenced #opinion #outside #want

There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success. ↗

— Philip Knight

#battle #between #both #business #chaos