#influence

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. ↗

— Herodotus

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Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday. ↗

— Faith Hill

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There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer. ↗

— Danny Aiello

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My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence. ↗

— Dido Armstrong

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We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

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The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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If I saw you hitchhiking, I’d smile and return your thumb’s up, just for you doing such a great job of being a positive roadside influence. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

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In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

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True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#controlling #failed #gained #influence #life