#influenced

From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character. ↗

— Bill Frist

#african americans #banking #blood #character #contributions

Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#billions #history #industry #influenced #movies

I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honored. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it. ↗

— Tony Iommi

#after #artists #belief #first #honored

Jacques Derrida is a very important thinker and philosopher who has made serious contributions to both philosophy and literary criticism. Roland Barthes is the one I feel most affinity for, and Michel Foucault, well, his writing influenced my novel, 'Middlesex.' ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#both #contributions #criticism #feel #his

I influenced the BG style by not being able to draw perspective. The BG artists developed cool graphic painting styles to make my bad backgrounds look like they were that way on purpose. ↗

— John Kricfalusi

#artists #backgrounds #bad #being #cool

I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land. ↗

— Callan McAuliffe

#accents #angeles #been #change #ever

I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#cotton #cotton fields #fields #i #influenced

The crowd may be influenced easily, largely because it is a crowd. ↗

— Ivor Novello

#crowd #easily #influenced #largely #may

There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music. ↗

— Paul Oakenfold

#american music #chinese #definite #developing #how

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#childhood #i #influenced #life #me