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There is no influence like the influence of habit. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

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I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens. ↗

— Ann Patchett

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The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white. ↗

— Stuart Pearce

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The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

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We like Batman - we understand him, we suffer with him. On the other hand, we want to be Superman. But they're conflicting philosophies. Let's bring them together in one movie and see how we, as an audience, wrestle with our inner demons. ↗

— Wolfgang Petersen

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Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up. ↗

— Daniel Pipes

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When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

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There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination. ↗

— Zac Posen

#career #chaplin #charlie #charlie chaplin #disney

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

— Jack Prelutsky

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I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

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