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[Albert Camus] wasn't writing under the influence of the Nobel Prize. That was an external thing for the artist in him.
Michael Jackson is the greatest musical influence on me. He's my man. Musically, he is the one artist I want to be like.
If I had created reality television I would have had a much greater influence, but then I would have had to KILL MYSELF.
We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
I stick to Hindi rap. That is my USP. It gives an Indian essence to my music despite the foreign influence of the genre.
When your team questions your motives and methods, you have lost their trust and you will not be able to influence them.
My greatest influence came from my parents' love of classical music. We listened to a lot of arias and operas growing up.
I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.
If the audience feels that we influence the youth, I want them to be inspired by some of the positive characters we play.
Im not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets. These are solitary workers.
Influence follows close upon the heels of character; and whatever we are, that we shall in the end be acknowledged to be.
By thinking and acting affirmatively in this minute, you will influence the hour, the day, and in time, your entire life.
I was not going to surrender to the status quo and corporate insistence that ordinary people have no power and influence.
It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.
Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
I'm a spiritual person, I'm an America, I'm a Jew, and all of those things influence every breath I take, everywhere I go.
China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.
It doesn't matter if I've been wronged - I still have a responsibility to use my influence in a way that never causes harm.
Cudi should be a top tier artist... I think he fathered a lot of the style of music. He's a good influence and a good help.
The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed.
Very few worries can stand against the influence of a good long walk ... How many petty annoyances have I thus walked away!
It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world.
I am becoming a man; I am maturing day by day. The influence of being around men helps me and makes me be more professional.
There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.
Nostalgia is a powerful drug. Under its influence, ordinary songs take on dimensions and powers, like emotional superheroes.
Atlanta has had the biggest influence. I was born in Baltimore, but I've lived in ATL since I was probably about 4 years old.
There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
Direct cinema is about simulating a reality in which you're not having the overwhelming influence that you really are having.
I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences.
Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives.
When we see the corrupting influence of political decision making in our public health professionals, we should ask questions.
Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.
I hope that I can be a role model and positive influence to anyone else who is struggling with insecurities within themselves.
The undue influence of money on our politics is like a cancer underlying other cancers, the issue underlying all other issues.
Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior.
Shareholders, of course, have every right to weigh in on whether (or how) they want a company to exercise political influence.
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
I'd say the music influences the writing - the music and rhythm of the prose - much more than the writing influences the music.
I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life. I was always close with women.
Can another help bring about a transformation in you? If he can, you are not transformed; you are merely dominated, influenced.
We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
Social media can sometimes influence the charts, but I think that only great music makes it to the top. The good songs make it.
Policy counselleth a gift, given wisely and in season; And policy afterwards approveth it, for great is the influence of gifts.
It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.
Tunisia will continue to be a source of influence, not through its size but through the ideas and the models that it represents.