#influence

I think it's silly for anyone to think you could write under the influence, but if they'd like to think that, I'd like to keep the legend alive. Maybe I was under the influence when I wrote Jesus' Son and I just didn't know it. ↗

— Denis Johnson

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According to the scientific naturalist version of cosmic history, nature is a permanently closed system of material effects that can never be influenced by something from outside - like God, for example. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

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My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

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A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life. ↗

— Mena Suvari

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As soon as I was old enough to drive, I got a job at a local newspaper. There was someone who influenced me. He wrote a column for The Guardian from this tiny village in India. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

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Now that I'm a political pundit, I have the ability to influence people. ↗

— Jonathan Krohn

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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974. ↗

— Jose Saramago

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My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me. ↗

— John Malkovich

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