#influence

While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself. ↗

— Roland Gift

#big #birmingham #early #growing #growing up

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics. ↗

— Jane Goodall

#british #decision-makers #feel #highly #i

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations. ↗

— Chuck Hagel

#constraint #democracy #expand #expansion #freedom

Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#big #big influence #california #cruz #day

Whenever the debate moves on to hard numbers - our deficit with Europe, our surplus with the rest of the world, our Brussels budget contributions, the tiny part of our economy dependent on sales to the EU, the vast part subjected to EU regulation - Euro-enthusiasts quickly shift their ground and start harrumphing about influence. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#brussels #budget #contributions #debate #deficit

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#course #critical #decision #events #high

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

#i #influence #people #positive #side

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

#children #could #favor #find #influence

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

— Edward Hopper

#had #i #influence #myself #only

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#giving #influence #life #luxury #made