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• If feminism wasn't powerful, if feminism wasn't influential, people wouldn't spend so much time putting it down.

  Jessica Valenti

  Powerful, People, Feminism

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• Even if you have a brain predisposed to liberalism, you might end up with some conservative friends or find inspiring conservative role models who could be very influential on you, and that could send you down a different track in life.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Track, Role Models, Brain

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• I've been connected to the most culturally important albums of the past four years, the most influential artists of the past ten years. You have like, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, Nicolas Ghesquière, Anna Wintour, David Stern.

  Kanye West

  Jobs, Artist, Past

  "New York Times Q&A: Kanye West defends his throne" By Jon Caramanica, www.omaha.com. June 16, 2013.

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• Habitat has opened up unprecedented opportunities for me to cross the chasm that separates those of us who are free, safe, financially secure, well fed and housed, and influential enough to shape our own destiny from our neighbors who enjoy few, if any, of these advantages of life.

  Jimmy Carter

  Opportunity, Destiny, Safe

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• Obviously the original 'Tron' was a very influential movie for its time, so to be a part of the second one is very exciting.

  Serinda Swan

  Exciting, Originals

  "Smallville Preview: Serinda Swan Has "Hex" Appeal as Zatanna". Interview with Matt Mitovich, www.tvguide.com. March 25, 2009.

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• Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired.

  Greg Bear

  Friendship, Long, Inspire

  "Sci-fi scribes on Ray Bradbury: 'Storyteller, showman and alchemist'" by John Joseph Adams, www.wired.com. June 06, 2012.

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• Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party.

  Richard V. Allen

  Powerful, Party, President

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• You have to look also to the media, where you have a vast majority of the loudest and most influential political voices in America media from people who came from the entertainment world.

  Ben Affleck

  Media, Voice, America

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. July 27, 2004.

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• Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out theres a certain acceptance that sets in; youre no longer a threatening personality. They become more willing to accept whatever you present.

  Doc Severinsen

  Acceptance, Personality, Television

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• This is a spiritual war. And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country - the United States of America. If you were Satan, who would you attack in this day and age?

  Rick Santorum

  Spiritual, Country, Powerful

  "Does Santorum Believe Obama Is Part of a Satanic Plot?" by David Corn, www.motherjones.com. February 22, 2012.

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• The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll.

  Gerald Caiafa

  Dream, Song, Rock And Roll

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• I've had a lot of really influential people in my life, like my grandmother MJ, who have helped me along the way. But there are so many of us girls in my family, and even though they're all so open and honest, who I seek advice from depends on what aspect of life I'm dealing with.

  Khloe Kardashian

  Girl, Grandmother, People

  "Khloe Kardashian Talks Body Confidence and Keeping Things Sexy with Lamar". Interview with Carly Cardellino, www.cosmopolitan.com. January 31, 2013.

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• But, sir, the great cause of complaint now is the slavery question, and the questions growing out of it. If there is any other cause of complaint which has been influential in any quarter, to bring about the crisis which is now upon us; if any State or any people have made the troubles growing out of this question, a pretext for agitation instead of a cause of honest complaint, Virginia can have no sympathy whatever, in any such feeling, in any such policy, in any such attempt. It is the slavery question. Is it not so?

  John Brown Baldwin

  War, Virginia, People

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• So far as musical pedagogy is concerned -
  And by extension of musical creation -
  Nadia Boulanger is the most influential person who ever lived

  Ned Rorem

  Musical, Influential Person, Creation

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• We can help many people suffer less and realize a lot of happiness without being rich or influential. If love and compassion are in out hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Heart, Compassion

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2012). “Awakening of the Heart: Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentaries”, p.163, Parallax Press

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• I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.

  Kat Dennings

  Want, I Can

  "Kat Dennings is Weird" by Lauren Bans, www.gq.com. October 28, 2011.

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• Paul Bearer was very influential in the early stages of my career. He constantly hounded me and I just think he realized the potential that was there. He convinced me that I was in the right place and doing the right thing.

  John Cena

  Thinking, Careers, Stage

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The devil doesn't care how big your church is - he cares how influential it is.

  Brian Houston

  Church, Devil, Care

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• The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all to a way of playing, and to a groove and a level of feel in playing funk-jazz.

  John Scofield

  Thinking, New Orleans, Levels

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• I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking about people I admire, whether it's a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever.

  Benicio Del Toro

  Sports, Men, Thinking

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• Part of becoming a little bit older and having the opportunities that I have, you want to start giving back to people who have been influential and helped you along the way.

  Grant Achatz

  Opportunity, People, Giving

  "A Conversation with Grant Achatz". Interview with Joanne Camas, www.epicurious.com.

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• Sometimes the most influential thing we can do is listen.

  Bob Burg

  Sometimes, Can Do

  Twitter post from Feb 26, 2015

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  If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with Highway, there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended Highway to be the first film that I ever made. Didnt happen.

  Imtiaz Ali

  Firsts, Stories, Film

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• When King Lear dies in act five, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He has written, 'He dies.' No more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential piece of dramatic literature is, 'He dies.' Now I am not asking you to be happy at my leaving but all I ask you to do is to turn the page and let the next story begin. -- Mr. Magorium

  Suzanne Weyn

  Kings, Leaving, Pages

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