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The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born. ↗

— Dean Inge

#before #born #character #child #hundred

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. ↗

— Mark Twain

#influence #little #make #man #naked

Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics. ↗

— William J. Brennan

#conflict #conflicts #cruelest #fanatics #into

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#art #balance #calming #depressing #devoid

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#future #here #influencing #moments #now

Robert Crumb is an influence on how I draw, but not on the subject matter I take or my approach. One thing I do like about Crumb is that he's chronicled his age, his times, and I think that is what artists should do. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#age #approach #artists #crumb #draw

First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#between #collapse #concerned #conflict #deeply

Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing. ↗

— John Sladek

#influence #moment #reading #seems #whatever

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#coach #even #family #go #had

I don't like conflict. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#i #like