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In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of.
One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration.
But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.
I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know.
Management always has a big influence on your success, no matter how good or how bad the business is itself.
Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.
The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence.
I'm always chipping away at myself, fine-tuning the music that I want to do and the influence I want to have.
Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.
The greatest influence for good comes from those quiet folks who make morals, not moralizing, their vocation.
I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.
If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.
Do It Under the Influence Yourself! That's what we're shooting for! Get drunk and make your dreams come true.
Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.
It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens.
The Beatles had an influence on everybody. You have to realize what an incredible explosion the Beatles were.
Anything that is absurd I see as a Coen brothers' influence! The Coen brothers are my favorite people period.
[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.
History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
It's a huge responsibility to have influence and to steward it in a way that leads to God-honoring leadership.
When you raise your opinion of yourself and what you are capable of it has a decided influence on what you do.
I was raised with a huge Armenian influence, always hearing stories of Armenia, celebrating Armenian holidays.
The growing influence of focus groups means we are all in danger of being excessively cowed by their feedback.
Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful an influence, as indolence.
No, Sir, you will have much more influence by giving or lending money where it is wanted, than by hospitality.
Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.
You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself.
House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.
One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.
We are inadvertently in love with the Influence of Power and we need to be in love with the Power of Influence.
I'd say that Ray Charles is definitely the biggest influence on my singing. Also Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.
He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.
You cannot antagonize and be a positive influence, and you will antagonize when you discipline through emotion.
If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time.
There are a few Irish writers who have a very strong influence on me, especially on the 'Take Me to Church' EP.
Food is the most important influence on your health. It is even more important than your thoughts and emotions.
If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in.
Everyone you know and all the people you meet have the potential to be someone important in the lives of others.
Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.
Indeed the influence of music on the development of religion is a subject which would repay a sympathetic study.
The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And theyll tell you if you ask.
Throw a stone into the stream and the ripples that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence.
When I was a kid, my favorite rapper was 50 Cent. He was definitely a big influence on why I wanted to do music.
The more people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.
You can much better have an influence on the debate when you sit at the bargaining table and you can give input.
[Ted Denson] is sort of a reluctant leader. He didn't try to flex his influence. He's just eminently followable.
Hayek became in his later years the dominant intellectual influence of the last quarter of the twentieth century.
You can be a model to the masses, but to go to the higher levels of influence, you have to work with individuals.