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“In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow-men, he is constantly acting a studied part. The bold and peculiar traits of native character are refined away or softened down by the levelling influence of what is termed good-breeding, and he practises so many petty deceptions and affects so many generous sentiments for the purposes of popularity that it is difficult to distinguish his real from his artificial character.”

Source: The Complete Short Stories of Washington Irving: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Bracebridge Hall, Tales of a Traveler, The Alhambra, Woolfert’s Roost & The Crayon Papers Collections (Illustrated): The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, Old Christmas, The Voyage, Roscoe, The Widow’s Retinue, An Old Soldier, Mountjoy, Don Juan, Woolfert’s Roost, Tales of The Alhambra and many more

“England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.”

Ifs Heart May Country Home Nations Difficult Responsibility Influence Duty Exercise England Sacred Educated Sentiments Royal Royal Family Sense Of Responsibility

Book:Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches

“Empower me to be a bold participant, rather than a timid saint in waiting, in the difficult ordinariness of now; to exercise the authority of honesty, rather than to defer to power, or deceive to get it; to influence someone for justice, rather than impress anyone for gain and, by grace, to find treasures of joy, of friendship, of peace hidden in the fields of the daily you give me to plow.”

Giving Joy Waiting Difficult Justice Grace Influence Honesty Fields Exercise Authority Gains Give Me Saint Treasure Empowering Deceiving Impress Participants Ordinariness

Author:Ted Loder

“It is difficult to grasp the immensity and significance of the extreme reverence paid to the Goddess over a period of (at least) seven thousand years and over miles of land cutting across national boundaries and vast expanses of sea. Yet it is vital to do just that to fully comprehend the longevity as well as the widespread power and influence this religion once held.”

Years Wells Religion Difficult Women Cutting Sea Influence Land Periods Thousand Paid Seven Extremes Miles Boundaries Significance Reverence Goddess Longevity Thousand Years Immensity Expanse

Author:Merlin Stone

“The biggest influence in my life has been by husband, who is also my partner in the business. We started our companies together, and he's always been there encouraging me to take on new challenges in my life. And when I do take them on, he's right beside me supporting and helping me through all the difficult time.”

Has Beens Helping Together Difficult Challenges Company Influence Husband Partners Difficult Times New Challenges

Author:Anousheh Ansari

“It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.”

Would Be Literature Difficult Influence Degrees Difficulty

Book:Working and Thinking on the Waterfront: A Journal, June 1958-May 1959

Source: Working and Thinking on the Waterfront: A Journal, June 1958-May 1959

“We do not have many women leaders in the world. But if you look at the current examples, most of those few female leaders that we have today lead their countries under the pressure of difficult political and economic circumstances. They all posses strong personalities and have real political influence on the domestic and international scene.”

“Usually it's just material that resonates with me and I never know exactly what that's gonna be. And there's obviously a certain persuasion, if you will. It's dependent upon the fact that I'm known for certain genres. So, that influences my decision making as well. I mean I'd love to, for example, do an action thriller but there are a lot of very talented people doing that and so it would be very difficult for me to switch over to that genre. So, I do look for things that I know (will resonate with) my audience.”

People Ifs Knows Wells Looks Mean Facts Would Be Action Certain Difficult Decision Known Audience Influence Example Materials Genre Dependent Decision Making Persuasion Thrillers

Author:Michael Landon, Jr.

“A hallmark of high performance leaders is the ability to influence others through all levels and types of communication, from simple interactions to difficult conversations and more complex conflicts, in order to achieve greater team and organizational alignment. High performing leaders are able to unite diverse team members by building common goals and even shared emotions by engaging in powerful and effective dialogue.”

“My mother's work has been an enormous influence on me, but not literally. By that I mean, my photographs don't look like hers. That makes it difficult to compare them. What they do share is an emotional intensity.”

Looks Mean Has Beens Mother Difficult Share Influence Emotional Photograph Enormous Compare Intensity

Author:Amy Arbus

“It's difficult for me to write in English as it's not my first language, but French is even worse because of my father's influence and because the comparisons that I - not even other people - would make.”

People Writing Firsts Father Language Difficult Influence Comparison

Author:Charlotte Gainsbourg

“China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.”

Bigs Difficult Influence Proud Embrace China Categories

Author:Madeleine Albright

“We're also more affected by aspirational signals in an offline world where it is more difficult to "hide" and thus indirectly increases the influence from others.”

World Difficult Influence Increase Affected Signals Offline

Author:Martin Lindstrom