#influence

I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences. ↗

— Brad Dourif

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Russia's biggest problem is organized crime and its leaders are influenced by the Russian mafia. But it's not right to call it a Russian mafia, it's a Jewish mafia. ↗

— David Duke

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I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

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I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own. ↗

— Lukas Foss

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We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

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I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know. ↗

— Ben Shahn

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It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material. ↗

— Ben Shahn

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I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

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Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing. ↗

— Matthew Shipp

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One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife. ↗

— Martin Short

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