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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

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But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents. ↗

— Joseph Heller

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If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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That's it really, at the moment I wouldn't say I was influenced by any one thing in particular. ↗

— Peter Hook

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The only real influence I've ever had was myself. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

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I think Henry Miller has had huge influence not because he wrote about sex, but because the memoir or the nonfiction novel has become such a monumental force in American publishing, if not in literature. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

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The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

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I think one thing you could probably say for all my albums is that they're all pretty eclectic pop. There's always a little bit of urban influence, some dance, a little bit of country, singer-songwriter, pop-rock. I like everything! On every album you can find that. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

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