#influence

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places. ↗

— Louise Brown

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There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people. ↗

— Harry Browne

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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

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Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives. ↗

— Imogen Cunningham

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Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever. ↗

— James Darren

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I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company. ↗

— Walt Disney

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The people who influence you are the people who believe in you. ↗

— Henry Drummond

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The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me. ↗

— John Dyer

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We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France! ↗

— Antonia Fraser

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