#influence

She looked out the window; in her eyes was the light that you see only in children arriving at a new place, or in young people still open to new influences, still curious about the world because they have not yet been scarred by life. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

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No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#consent #depress #down #hardship #influence

Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#extent #influence #kind #measured #surface

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

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My family has always been there to support me along the way. My coach, John Nicks, is a great influence. ↗

— Sasha Cohen

#always #been #coach #family #great

There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was. ↗

— Jack Vance

#called #christopher #had #i #i remember

I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me. ↗

— Dick Dale

#constantly #directly #front #i #influenced

Also, people are not often aware of the way the United States' policies influence what happens in places like Haiti or El Salvador or Nicaragua. Or in Columbia right now. ↗

— Edwidge Danticat

#aware #columbia #el salvador #haiti #happens

I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff. ↗

— Robin Trower

#always #been #big #big influence #early

I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals. ↗

— Zac Efron

#cinderella #disney #fundamentals #head #humming