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“The Internet is an incredible business tool. First of all, the Internet/the cell phone - the cell phone is just another way to get at it - I think is having a huge impact in Africa most particularly, where it enables people - suddenly, they know crop prices. They can communicate. It makes their lives more efficient.”

People Thinking Knows Way Firsts Huge Internet Tools Impact Incredibles Phones Communicate Cells Efficient Another Way Crops Cell Phone

Author:Esther Dyson

“The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.”

People Made Different Country Might Spiritual Political Social Example Honor Unique Impact Profound Gestures Nelson Different Countries

Author:Aberjhani

“If Bruce Springsteen, Harlan Howard, or Tom Waits can tell a character's whole story in four minutes, maybe you don't need as many words as you think to make an impact.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Whole Character Stories Waiting Four Minutes Impact Toms Springsteen

Author:Tim Leffel

“When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have.”

Years Dream Bigs Years Ago Impact Software Microsoft

Author:Bill Gates

“If you'd asked me in 1980 what the big impact of microprocessors would be, I probably would have missed the PC. If you asked me in 1990 what was important, I probably would have missed the Internet.”

Ifs Important Bigs Would Be Internet Impact Big Impact Microprocessor

Author:Gordon Moore

“Creative leadership impact increases in your 50's. When I turn 50 I want to say, "Nice start!"”

Want Turns Creative Nice Increase Impact

Author:James C. Collins

“This crisis of long-term unemployment is having a profoundly damaging impact on the lives of those bearing the brunt of it. We know this thanks to a series of careful studies of the problem conducted in the depths of the 1930s Great Depression.”

Knows Long Problem Term Study Crisis Impact Series Depth Careful Thanks Long Term Unemployment Great Depression 1930s

Author:Bob Ehrlich

“What is the quality of your intent? Certain people have a way of saying things that shake us at the core. Even when the words do not seem harsh or offensive, the impact is shattering. What we could be experiencing is the intent behind the words. When we intend to do good, we do. When we intend to do harm, it happens. What each of us must come to realize is that our intent always comes through.”

People Way Seems Happens Certain Realizing Behinds Quality Respect Impact Harm Core Shakes Offensive Harsh Shattering I Respect You

Author:Thurgood Marshall

“'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and my family in New York and went to a small town in North Carolina. It was the most incredible experience for me.”

Firsts House Left Tree New York First Time My Family Towns Impact Incredibles Hills Small Town Carolina North Carolina Tree Hill

Author:Daniella Alonso

“The climate system is constantly readjusting naturally in a large way - more than we would ever see from CO2. The CO2 kick [impact of CO2 emissions] is extremely small compared to what is happening in a natural way. Within the framework of a proper study of the sun-climate connection, you don't need CO2 to explain anything.”

Way Needs Natural Sun Study Happenings Connections Impact Climate Kicks Framework Emissions Co2 Co2 Emissions

Author:Willie Soon

“There are several sources for my appreciation of pastors and the way they are described in this book. One of them is reading history and realizing that they had a profound creative impact on the Middle West and the settlement of the Middle West.”

Way Book Reading Realizing Creative Middle Source Impact Profound West Appreciation Pastor Settlement Reading History

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“Well, at the end of our movie Fireproof, we released a book that my brother Stephen and I wrote called The Love Dare. It was for couples. That book had a much larger impact than we expected. As a matter of fact, if I could use the term "overwhelmed," we were. The book went on to become a New York Times bestseller and sold over five-million copies and is now in 28 different countries and languages. So, we were blessed and just surprised at how well that did.”

“As far as Love Dare for Parents goes, you can download the book. You can buy it at bookstores...We're really excited about it and believe that it's going to make significant impact for parents.”

Believe Book Parent Impact Dare Excited Significant Bookstores Downloads Love Dare

Author:Alex Kendrick

“Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.”

Want My Own Records Impact Guitar

Author:Vince Gill

“We need that same mentality in philanthropy, trying things, taking risks, recognizing the first try, maybe the second try, maybe the third try won't work. But if you stay at it and you're learning, you're talking to others, and you're learning together, eventually you'll break through and see the kind of impact you were hoping for.”

Ifs Needs Trying Firsts Kind Together Talking Break Risk Thirds Impact Mentality Philanthropy Recognizing Break Through Taking Risks

Author:Steve Case

“Whenever someone has the ability to impact people's lives, I think that's one of the greatest things that God gives us as individuals.”

People Thinking Giving Individual Ability Impact

Author:Andy Pettitte

“My mom didn't run for mayor until she was 65 years old - it was like a second and third career.... The way I've always thought about it is that I don't believe you run for office because you want a job. I believe if you run for office, it's because you have a vision for change. And if I ever came to that point, that's what would lead [me to run]. And right now I'm happily in a position where I believe I can work to deliver impact and work for change.”

Ifs Way Want Years Believe I Can Running Jobs I Believe Vision Careers Position Mom Right Now Office Thirds Impact Don't Believe My Mom Mayors Leading Me I Don't Believe You

Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell

“I guess what inspires me is when I am watching somebody else do something that really has an impact on me. That inspires me to want to do that in return.”

Want Inspire Return Impact

Author:Emily Kokal

“We can make a huge impact. We can be that difference maker just because of our status and because of what we do. I would advise all professional athletes to get involved and to try to help make a difference. If we don't, who else will?”

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Author:Davone Bess

“I don't know what makes a good feature story. I've always assumed that if it was a story that interested or amused me, that it would have the same impact on other people.”

People Ifs Knows Stories Impact Features Amused

Author:Charles Kuralt

“Sometimes the impact of Mozart's music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.”

Mind Soul Sometimes Seems Vision Music Is Remains Impact Wave Melancholy Incomplete

Author:Stendhal

“This is what it's all about. From what I could see, you could get a bunch of people together, whip up the press and have some impact.”

People Together Impact Presses Bunch Whips

Author:William Safire

“The bottom line is just that Rickey Henderson was my favorite player. His flair, his style-the key word is impact-he's an impact player.”

Lines Player Style Keys Impact Bottom My Favorite Bottom Line Flair

Author:Jimmy Rollins

“I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my job and my greatest challenge.”

Ifs Believe Jobs I Believe Challenges Football Basketball Impact Committed Nba

Author:Julius Peppers

“For me, it's not about sacking the quarterback. It's about changing the course of the game. It's causing a crucial fumble at a crucial time. It's making a tackle for a loss when the opposing team needs to gain one or two yards for the first down. I look at myself as a sudden-impact player.”

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Author:Simeon Rice

“You want to be the guy who makes an impact in every game. In this sport it's all about results-winning games and making the playoffs.”

Want Guy Games Winning Sports Results Impact Playoffs Winning Games

Author:Martin St. Louis

“Interspirituality is the world music of religion; borrowing, fusing, blending and bouncing rhythms and riffs off one another not to create a homogenized spirituality, but to birth a radical new sound embedded in the ancient and timeless silence. This doesn't impact or deepen my life-it is my life.”

World Spirituality Sound Silence Birth Impact Ancient Rhythm Radical Timeless Embedded Borrowing World Music

Author:Rami M. Shapiro

“As Christians, we must see that just because an artist-even a great artist-portrays a worldview in writing or on canvas, it does not mean that we should automatically accept that worldview. Good art heightens the impact of that worldview, but it does not make it true.”

Should Writing Mean Doe Art Christian Artist Accepting Impact Canvas Great Art Worldview Great Artist Good Art Christian Worldview

Author:Francis Schaeffer

“Leaders are less interested in their position and more interested in their positive impact on others.”

Leader Position Impact Positive Impact

Book:The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You

Source: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You

“The two most important things to remember in business are: to be aware of the consequential impact on ecology, and a caring relationship between employer and employee.”

Two Important Remember Important Things Impact Caring Employee Ecology Employers

Author:Dalai Lama

“The real challenge is for each of us to determine where we feel we can make the most impact.”

Feels Real Challenges Impact Determine

Author:Jay Samit

“I think legislative assaults on motorcyclists are totally emotionally, disproportionate and totally unfair....they're instigated and implemented by people who know nothing about motorcycling, but have a prejudice. It's easy to curb the freedoms of others when you see no immediate impact on your own.”

People Thinking Knows Easy Prejudice Impact Unfair Assault Curb

Author:Malcolm Forbes

“Brands and branding are the most significant gifts that commerce has ever made to popular culture. Branding has moved so far beyond its commercial origins that its impact is virtually immeasurable in social and cultural terms.”

Made Culture Social Term Impact Moved Significant Brands Branding Commerce Popular Culture

Author:Wally Olins

“It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering to accomplish that is a perfectly fine thing.”

World Life Is Suffering Nice Fine Impact Accomplish Meaning Of Life Fine Things World Suffering

Author:Reid Hoffman

“I had a total revelation with the feminist moment, with Carolee Scheeman and Marina Abromovic and of course Joan Jonas; that was a big breakthrough with me. And through them, I was introduced to Chris Burden and Bruce Nauman and Vito Acconci. You can almost call it a gang, because the works are always talking together. That stuff had a huge impact on me, but other than that, my interest had always been old paintings.”

Moments Bigs Together Courses Stuff Interest Talking Painting Huge Impact Feminist Burden Revelations Gang Breakthrough

Author:Ragnar Kjartansson

“I love histories. I love learning. I love books that talk about people who made a real impact on history, because it always has to do with who they were at that time and what their personalities were like and what their strengths and weaknesses were.”

People Made Book Real Personality Weakness Impact Strength And Weakness

Author:Glenn Close

“We simply argue that climate change consequences was one of the impacts, but interestingly enough, even though a major effort was made in 2008 to try and resurrect the problem over food, now the consequences of the civil war are making the situation even worse.”

Trying Made War Enough Problem Effort Situation Majors Consequence Impact Climate Climate Change Arguing Civil War

Author:Chris Barrie

“To be honest I think my read is people are now taking this seriously. They realise that the game is up and the planet and all of us - I mean all of us - have to really start doing something much more drastic in order to try and contain the impacts.”

People Thinking Trying Mean Order Games Honest Planets Impact Being Honest Realising Drastic

Author:Chris Barrie

“I don't know my biological father. That could have had a huge impact on my life had it not been for the fact that my dad married my mom when I was one and raised me as his own.”

Knows Facts Father Huge Mom Dad Married Impact Raised My Dad My Mom Biological Fathers

Author:Rosario Dawson

“No magic formula can completely prepare us for crises in life. However, each choice we make now will impact how we handle those crises in the future. Make your choice count. Dedicate time each day to developing your character. If you do, courage will be there when you need it most.”

Ifs Needs Character Choices Magic Crisis Impact Handle Developing Each Day Formulas

Author:Rudy Giuliani

“When I saw the first video iPod, I thought this could have the same impact VHS/home video had on the movie business.”

Firsts Home Saws Impact Video Ipods Movie Business Home Videos

Author:Bob Iger

“And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness.”

Country Standards Impact South International Debt Currency Standards Of Living Trajectory Competitiveness

Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.

“As you know, there were lots of huge marches around the country yesterday to protest the immigration laws. The marches had quite an impact on businesses. Restaurants had to close, construction sites had to shut down, the Yankees had to forfeit a game. ... Do you realize that Americans are now doing the jobs that immigrants won't do because they're out protesting?”

Knows Country Jobs Law Games Realizing Huge Impact Yesterday Immigration Restaurants Protest Immigrants March Construction Site Yankees Forfeit Immigration Laws Construction Sites

Author:Jay Leno

“The impact on a customer of a bad buying decision is usually greater than the impact of a salesperson of a lost deal.”

Lost Decision Deals Greater Impact Customers Buying Salesperson

Author:Donal Daly

“The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous....You know I didn't think they'd rake through my bins, I didn't expect to be photographed on the beach through long lens. I never dreamt it would impact my daughter's life negatively, which at times it has. It would be churlish to say there's nothing good about being famous; to have a total stranger walk up to you as you're walking around Safeways, and say a number of nice things that they might say about your work.”

Thinking Knows Long Might Would Be Wanted Walks Interesting Numbers Nice Walking Fame Daughter Impact Stranger Beach My Daughter Lenses Up To You Nice Things Being Famous Rakes

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Our every action has a universal dimension, a potential impact on others' happiness.”

Action Universal Impact Dimensions Others Happiness Genuine Happiness

Book:Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the New Millennium

Source: Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the New Millennium

“The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact . . . those people have goals.”

People Done Seems Running Fun Grows Goal Impact Things Done

Author:Seth Godin

“Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.”

Thinking World Important Matter Action Impact Impact On The World

Author:Jane Goodall

“As far as the underground liberation movement, it won't have any impact at all because they don't really care about those laws. Their activities - sabotaging, liberating animals - are already illegal so just adding one more law won't make much difference.”

Care Law Differences Animal Movement Activity Impact Liberation Illegal Liberating

Author:Jerry Vlasak

“On January 27, 2001, the focus of my career and the process of changing the desires of my heart all began. It was no longer about me but rather how I could impact others for the Kingdom. I officially was in the people business. That philosophy, combined with a warrior mentality, I believe, has endeared me to being labeled a positive clubhouse influence.”

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Author:Tony Clark

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