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The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence.

That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do.

Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.

A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.

The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.

The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion.

I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing.

The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me.

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it creates a constant environment.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

A lasting solution to this problem will have an exceptionally positive influence foremost on the peoples of Palestine and Israel, as well as on the region and the international community.

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.

I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.

There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy.