#influences

Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder. ↗

— Jon Secada

#billy #billy joel #covering #elton #elton john

Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#beings #both #existence #implied #indications

Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance. ↗

— James C. Maxwell

#account #being #certain #every #existence

You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration. ↗

— Page McConnell

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The essential attribute of a new sense is, not the perception of external objects or influences which ordinarily do not act upon the senses, but that external causes should excite in it a new and peculiar kind of sensation different from all the sensations of our five senses. ↗

— Johannes P. Muller

#attribute #causes #different #essential #excite

Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world. ↗

— Thomas Guthrie

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You can get really left of centre influences in mainstream pop. Michael Jackson and Prince are some of the most progressive artists ever if you actually dissect their songs there's some crazy stuff going on. ↗

— Kimbra

#artists #centre #crazy #dissect #ever

Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#bad-company #bad-influence #evil #evil-people #evil-thoughts

Time often is forgiving and dismissive of the influences, because they recede. We look at Sgt. Pepper and we go "wow! How did they ever think that up?" but of course, if you got into Paul McCartney's bedroom, found his record collection at the time, you would find out. But the clues are gone. It's like evolution: there are certain pure situations that hang around longer, but the ones that got them there don't have time to leave fossils. We have a giraffe, we have a horse. But where's the horse with the long neck? The link species disappear. ↗

— Michka Assayas

#inspiration #forgiveness

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me. ↗

— Peter Benchley

#fiction #i #influences #me #non-fiction