#influence

The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ↗

— Dave Mustaine

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Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions. ↗

— Graham Nash

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OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us. ↗

— James Nasmyth

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When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it. ↗

— Bob Newhart

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I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media. ↗

— Yannick Noah

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I try not to have actors in mind when I write because the tendency then is to be influenced by either their last performance or your favourite of their performances. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

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Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them. ↗

— David Ogilvy

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All I can do is take influences from where I was raised. ↗

— Rita Ora

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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events. ↗

— Barbara Olson

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