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• Because we are unqualifiedly and without reservation against any system of denominational schools, maintained by the adherents of any creed with the help of state aid, therefore, we as strenuously insist that the public schools shall be free from sectarian influences, and above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Attitude, School, Atheism

  Theodore Roosevelt (1967). “Writings”

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• Religion is ... the most pernicious single influence in human society, without one redeeming feature.

  Theodore Schroeder

  Atheism, Humans, Human Society

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• "You don't believe in God," I said to Stein. "God is a word banging around in the human nervous system. He exists about as much as Santa Claus." "Santa Claus has had a tremendous influence, exist or not." "For children." "Lots of saints have died for God with a courage that's hardly childish." "That's part of the horror. It's all a fantasy. It's all for nothing."

  Peter De Vries

  Children, Believe, Atheism

  Peter De Vries (2012). “The Blood of the Lamb: A Novel”, p.182, University of Chicago Press

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• It was in this year, 1828, that the standard of "the Christian Party in Politics" was openly unfurled... This was an evident attempt, through the influence of the clergy over the female mind - until this hour lamentably neglected in the United States - to effect a union of Church and State.

  Frances Wright

  Christian, Party, Years

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• One of the reasons why I, 'a medical man' decided to give up medicine was a firm conviction of the extraordinary influence on health of pleasurable excitement, especially when combined with fresh air and exercise. How frequently have I, with great difficulty, persuaded patients who were never off my doorsteps to take up golf, and how rarely, if ever, I have seen them in my consulting room again.

  Alister MacKenzie

  Giving Up, Exercise, Golf

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• Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people. Your own level of self-acceptance is determined largely by how well you feel you are accepted by the important people in your life. Your attitude toward yourself is determined largely by the attitudes that you think other people have toward you. When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up. The best way to build a healthy personality involves understanding yourself and your feelings.

  Brian Tracy

  Attitude, Sibling, Self Esteem

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• It was, however, resolved that 'we use our private influence at present to prevent our brethren from going into court and promising to obey the law; and as soon as possible we take steps to get some flavors from the government for those who already have more wives than one.'

  Abraham H. Cannon

  Law, Government, Wife

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• I speak of plurality of wives as one of the most holy principles that God ever revealed to man, and all those who exercise an influence against it, unto whom it is taught, man or woman will be damned, and they and all who will be influenced by them, will suffer the buffetings of Satan in the flesh.

  Heber C. Kimball

  Exercise, Men, Wife

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• To buy TV time and bypass the usual filters between the public and political figures, are very powerful devices that people can use to attract attention, attract voters. And get influence in our society.

  Alexander Stille

  Powerful, People, Political

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• People have different emotional levels. Especially when you're young. Back then I guess most of my influences could be thought of as eccentric. Mass media had no overwhelming reach so I was drawn to the traveling performers passing through.

  Bob Dylan

  Emotional, Media, People

  "Bob Dylan Exclusive Interview: Reveals His Favorite Songwriters, Thoughts On His Own Cult Figure Status". Interview with Bill Flanagan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 16, 2009.

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• I had a number of great teachers and the ones that really were the strongest influences on me were women. They were really, really smart and interesting women.

  Meryl Streep

  Teacher, Smart, Numbers

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.

  Stephen Covey

  Cancer, Emotional, Circles

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• When I commit to a role, I always tell myself that role is king. That's the Bible. If I start to judge my character, than it's going to influence my performance, and I don't want that. I want to find the truth in the character.

  Cuba Gooding, Jr.

  Kings, Character, Judging

  "BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, FL’s Cuba Gooding Jr. Talks Career, Playing O.J". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 25, 2015.

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• When you watch CNN and they're giving you news based on tweets that people are sending out, you realize that society is really changing. The collective public have a really big voice that they didn't previously have, and they're influencing the trajectory of how we are socially with one another.

  Megan Fox

  Voice, Cnn, Giving

  "Megan Fox and Will Arnett Talk TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, Childhood Ninja Turtle Memories, Going from Digital Transformers to Turtles and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 6, 2014.

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• A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle. The rock stars have assimilated all kinds of philosophies, styles, histories, writings, and they throw out what they have gleaned from that.

  David Bowie

  Song, Stars, Philosophy

  David Bowie (2016). “David Bowie: The Last Interview”, p.35, Melville House

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• I haven't changed my views much since I was about 12, really, I've just got a 12-year-old mentality.When I was in school I had a brother who was into Kerouac and he gave me On The Road to read when I was 12 years old. That's still been a big influence.

  David Bowie

  Brother, School, Views

  "Beat Godfather Meets Glitter Mainman: William Burroughs Interviews David Bowie". Interview with William Burroughs, www.rollingstone.com. February 28, 1974.

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• The great thing about Twitter is, you get a lot back, and I read through a lot, and I want my fans to know that I do read a lot, and it's why I do respond or retweet clever posts, and I'm constantly amazed by the cleverness of people on Twitter. I just think it's a really great tool to communicate with fans and influence conversations and raise awareness about things I'm interested in, that I think deserve some attention.

  Elizabeth Banks

  Clever, Thinking, People

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. November 18, 2010.

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• I started drawing comics, and at first I was very influenced by the whole pop art movement, you know, Batman was on TV and all that pop art stuff? But then my next influence was in 1966, or maybe it was '65, I don't know. Somebody showed me a copy of the "East Village Other", which was an underground newspaper. And... it had comics in it! And they weren't superhero comics.

  Trina Robbins

  Art, Drawing, Superhero

  Interview with Kyrax2, comicsbulletin.com. May 7, 2012.

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• I saw the comics in the East Village Other, and they weren't superhero comics, they were all about hippies and all about things hippies were interested in. And there was one page in particular, a full page strip called "Gentle's Trip Out" signed "Panzika", and it was totally, totally psychedelic, and really, I don't know if it made any sense at all but it looked so great, and I thought, "This is what I want to do, this is my big influence," and it was.

  Trina Robbins

  Hippie, Superhero, East

  Interview with Kyrax2, comicsbulletin.com. May 7, 2012.

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• I object to the hypersexualization of all the superheroines. Most of them have been hypersexualized, but especially to Wonder Woman, because she is an icon. She is up there with Superman and Batman. And she is the one who is the big influence on women. Women who don't read comics still know who Wonder Woman is.

  Trina Robbins

  Icons, Wonder Woman, Bigs

  Interview with Kyrax2, comicsbulletin.com. May 7, 2012.

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• All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

  Michael Scott

  Stories, Storytelling, Great Literary

  Source: emunderwood.com

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• I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, "Do what I do." I think it's a little pretentious to say, "I'm a role model"; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.

  Kim Kardashian

  Thinking, Role Models, Trying

  "Exclusive! Kim Kardashian West on Baby No. 2, Her New Style, and Life in the Spotlight". Interview with Alex Morris, www.glamour.com. June 1, 2015.

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• The Government covers their own ass from things they fail to do to protect its own people from corporations that control the government, which is the reason we don't have checks and balances in this country. They checked how much balance they needed to influence congress and all the other branches of government in some way, shape, or form, and cash is king.

  Immortal Technique

  Country, Kings, Government

  "The Transcendence Of Hip Hop - An Interview With Immortal Technique". Interview with Chris Grosso, theindiespiritualist.com. February 20, 2014.

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• Everyone has their parent's [music] collection which is strongly influences what you listen to as a kid. You have no choice. You have to listen to whatever they're bumpin. I grew up with what they listened to a lot.

  Ryan Lewis

  Kids, Choices, Parent

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• There's just so much negative media surrounding professional athletes or sports in general, whether it's kids that are pressured too much or professional athletes making mistakes that influence their family...

  Kristopher Belman

  Sports, Mistake, Athlete

  "Before Being An NBA Superstar, LeBron Was Just 'Bron'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. October 14, 2009.

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