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I love cartoons, I love comic books and graphic novels. 'Batman: The Animated Series' was a huge influence on me when I was younger.
If you can influence the outcome, do the work. If you can't influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It's merely a distraction.
'Lord of the Flies' is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager; I still read it every couple of years.
For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.
When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
We've always had a lot of different influences and we've always liked catchy music from the Beatles to Cheap Trick to Elvis Costello.
You can then further enhance the process of writing by forming the clear intention that your Higher Self will influence your writing.
People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying, but how they said it.
Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well.
Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.
[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio.
I doubt the people of North Carolina will be content to allow the governor to decide or even unduly influence selecting their senator.
Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - if you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them.
Being successful is not determined by the amount of money you make but by the amount of lives you affect and influence for the better.
The science only perpetuates the vicious cycle of cronyism, power-mongering, influence peddling, corruption, bureaucracy, all of that.
There can be no autonomous agent with unitary interests called 'society' that exerts causal influence. This is a logical impossibility
All the governments just want to have more power when it comes to economic espionage, diplomatic manipulation and political influence.
Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
All my siblings being all different ages meant I got exposed to music that was 20-30 years older than me. And that was a big influence.
Music and dance influence my style in a lot of ways. Sometimes I go off to work dressed up like I'm going to hit the stage and perform.
There is not one shred of evidence that the Internet has had any downward influence on North American or European newspaper circulation.
Luther exerted a strong influence on Denmark. Suddenly Danish theologians were preaching in Danish and translating the Bible into Danish.
Nineties hip-hop was a big influence for me; it still is. I love '90s everything. And it's when I was born, too. I'm a '90s kid for sure.
More than ever before, consumers have the ability to unify their voices and coalesce their buying power to influence corporate behaviors.
Marx profoundly affected those who did not accept his system. His influence extended to those who least supposed they were subject to it.
A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.
Celebrities have more influence to be able to reach out to people, but people are becoming famous on Facebook and social media every day.
She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.
The head of dullness, unlike the tail of the torpedo, loses nothing of the benumbing and lethargizing influence by reiterated discharges.
Doonesbury had the requisite and overwhelming influence in 1980, as it did on any college cartoonist who was paying attention, of course.
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.
The harsh reality is this: to have influence in the world, you need to be willing and able to reward your friends and punish your enemies.
When Loughner himself speaks and we find out his real influences are Spiderman, 'Gnome Chomsky,' Taylor Swift, and Dr. Bronner, then what?
Confront your inadequacies and push your personal boundaries: It's the surest way to grow, improve and expand the scope of your influence.
To influence others to change, you must be able to frame that change in terms of the future, and in a way that has value to all concerned.
Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to afford it.
Barack Obama said today that politics has become too gummed up by money and influence ... and then he had to leave to attend a fundraiser.
Every single day in a marriage, we influence each other. It is a matter of am I going to have a positive influence or a negative influence?
I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts.
Eating chocolate can have significant influences on mood, generally leading to an increase in pleasant feelings and a reduction in tension.
I really and definitely think that France has the capability to come forward. The EU should maintain their own position, without influence.
I have certainly not got re-elected to retire, and I shall certainly start trying to push my influence in politics as far as I possibly can
Your thoughts greatly influence how you feel and behave. In fact, your inner monologue has a tendency to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident.
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience.
Principles are like a seed in the ground; they must continually be visited with heavenly influences or else your life will be a barren field.
The past can influence the future. When you finish one chapter, you open another, which will be influenced by what you've just lived through.
You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?