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“Personally, I’ve gotten so that I now use a kind of two-track analysis. First, what are the factors that really govern the interests involved, rationally considered? And second, what are the subconscious influences where the brain at a subconscious level is automatically conclusions in various ways — which, by and large, are useful — but which often malfunction? One approach is rationality… And the other is to evaluate the psychological factors that cause subconscious conclusions — many of which are wrong.”

Way Firsts Kind Two Use Causes Interest Levels Brain Influence Involved Approach Track Various Psychological Factors Conclusion Analysis Subconscious Rationality Evaluate Malfunction

Author:Charlie Munger

“Movies can be effective in influencing people to think in ways they might not otherwise be exposed to. Social commentary in films is most effective when you're not aware of a soapbox. Making the point without force-feeding the audience is the most desirable approach.”

People Thinking Way Might Film Force Social Audience Influence Approach Exposed Feeding Desirable Commentary Influencing People Soapbox

Author:Walter Koenig

“They say your childhood influences your tastes and interests, or your approach if you're an artist. So what you create, whatever you saw, whatever your childhood was like - it influences how you're going to end up.”

Ifs Ends Artist Interest Saws Influence Childhood Taste Approach Your Children

Author:Brett Ratner

“My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.”

“I'm keen to do as little or as much reading and watching as the director may advise, and often off that you kind of stem into other things that you find of influence, perhaps the things that you're watching. It's a good excuse to get to know a new profession, or a new approach, or a new era. It's about authenticity. It's about having the confidence to really feel that you're saturated and know the world you're about to step into and understand the person you're about to be.”

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Author:Jude Law

“I am writing from the heart and having a fresh approach to things. We [Theocracy] are obviously not trying to musically re-invent the wheel here, and you can certainly hear our influences, but we also don't sound like a copycat of any one band.”

Writing Trying Heart Sound Influence Band Approach Wheels Writing From The Heart Theocracy Copycats

Author:Matt Smith

“The quality of people you have around you as a manager is so vital. There are various factors that influence that process; fitness, form and the tactical approach to your opponent are all areas I review on a daily basis.”

People Form Process Quality Influence Approach Areas Bases Various Factors Managers Opponents Reviews Tactical

Author:Brendan Rodgers

“The Church of Rome has made it an article of faith that no man can be saved out of their church, and all other religious sects approach this dreadful opinion in proportion to their ignorance, and the influence of ignorant or wicked priests.”

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Diary, with passages from an autobiography. Notes of debates in the Continental Congress, in 1775 and 1776. Autobiography

“I am always glad to think that my education was, for the most part, informal, and had not the slightest reference to a future business career. It left me free and untrammeled to approach my business problems without the limiting influence of specific training.”

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Author:Alice Foote MacDougall

“To be creative, an idea must also be appropriate - useful and actionable. It must somehow influence the way business gets done by improving a product, for instance, or by opening up a new way to approach a process.”

Way Ideas Done Process Creative Influence Products Approach Opening Instance Appropriate New Ways Improving Be Creative Opening Up

Author:Teresa Amabile

“Lyndon Johnson (with Abraham Lincoln close behind). Johnson was able to get things done, to read other people, and to adjust his own approach accordingly. One of the reasons he has so fascinated biographer Robert Caro over the years is Johnson's consummate skill in acquiring and using influence.”

People Years Reason Done Able Behinds Influence Skills Approach Fascinated Johnson Abraham Things Done Biographers

Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer

“What's interesting is the populace movement of fundamentalism is starting to mirror that approach that elite fundamentalism has long had of trying to have influence across the political spectrum.”

Trying Long Political Interesting Influence Movement Approach Mirrors Starting Elites Fundamentalism Spectrum Political Spectrum

Author:Jeff Sharlet

“Rob Lowe, who I thought was really good in the movie [ Bad Influence], had his performance overshadowed by this sort of tabloid approach to him and the movie.”

Influence Approach Performances Tabloids Lowes

Author:Curtis Hanson

“With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important country. It is a military superpower. It has influence in the region and it has influence around the world.”

World Firsts Has Beens Important Country Influence Military Office Approach Constant Russia Around The World Regions Principal Superpower

Author:Barack Obama