“Maybe the given person, cup, or landscape is lost before one gets to painting. A figure exerts a continuing and unspecified influence on a painting as the canvas develops. The represented forms are loaded with psychological feeling. It can't ever just be painting.” PersonsFeelingsFormLostGivenInfluenceFiguresPaintingPsychologicalCupsLandscapeContinuingCanvasLoaded Author:Richard Diebenkorn
“Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back on recent presidents, and you'll find an absent, or weak, or failed father in the lives of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.” ThinkingLooksChildrenYoungFatherPresidentPowerfulInfluenceFiguresWeakBillsClintonAbsenceBarackMost PowerfulAbsentJohnsonYoung ChildrenFather Figure Author:Jeff Greenfield
“My mother's influence to take on new challenges and do what I though was right even though sometimes the consequences politically speaking were not good. My mother was vivacious, she was full of life, she got up every morning looking forward to the day, trying to figure out what she could do that was innovative and unprecedented and maybe controversial.” TryingSometimesMotherChallengesMorningInfluenceFiguresConsequenceEvery MorningLooking ForwardInnovativeControversialUnprecedentedNew ChallengesVivacious Author:Jimmy Carter
“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.” PeopleUsePoliticalPowerfulAttentionInfluenceFiguresTvsOur SocietyDevicesVotersUsualVery PowerfulFiltersBypass Author:Alexander Stille
“Voroshilov was a striking figure, with a great deal of influence among the workers, so that the degree of influence of the committee on the workers and its success as regards recruitment depended primarily on him.” DealsInfluenceFiguresDegreesRegardWorkersCommitteesRecruitment Author:Kliment Voroshilov
“Young men need a positive influence, especially when they don't have a strong male figure in their lives. They can be influenced by a great, godly man in the church, which gives men a great mission in the church to influence these kids.” MenNeedsGivingKidsYoungStrongChurchInfluenceFiguresMalesMissionsYoung ManGodlyPositive InfluenceGodly Man Author:Tony Evans
“On the surface, rock and roll changes at an amazing pace. The influence of a figure like the Maharishi can appear and disappear in a matter of months. Talk about old fashioned rock and roll finds itself dead before it begins.” MatterInfluenceRocksFiguresMonthsSurfaceDisappearPaceRock And RollOld Fashioned Author:Jon Landau
“There are things in your life you can control - and there are variables you can't. The more diligent you are at controlling what you can, the more influence you'll have over your destiny. You just have to figure out which are which.” DestinyInfluenceFiguresOver YouOur DestinyYour DestinyDiligenceVariablesDiligent Author:Carleton Young
“No, it’s very comforting actually, to know that you’re sitting in a long legacy of actresses who’ve played the role. I’m absolutely all for absorbing all of those influences, so you understand the pedigree of the part as much as you understand the figure in history… because you are playing the part. You don’t say: “Gosh, I want to play Peter Sellers…” because you can sort of do that in your own bathroom.” KnowsWantLongPlayRolesInfluenceFiguresSittingActressesLegacyPeterBathroomComfortingAbsorbingSellersPedigreeLong Legs Author:Cate Blanchett
“Michelle Kwan is an incredible artist, she wears her heart on her sleeve when she performs. She has grown so much from every influence in her career, and she has made herself the biggest star there ever will be in figure skating. She's down to Earth, friendly and always positive. Nobody will ever match her longevity or her ability to be such a strong competitor.” HeartMadeEarthArtistStrongStarsAbilityCareersInfluenceFiguresIncrediblesFriendlyLongevityCompetitorsSleevesSkatingDown To EarthFigure SkatingEarth Friendly Author:Johnny Weir
“There is no figure who had more of an influence, no person had more of an influence on the intellectuals behind the Iron Curtain than Friedrich Hayek. His books were translated and published by the underground and black market editions, read widely, and undoubtedly influenced the climate of opinion that ultimately brought about the collapse of the Soviet Union.” PersonsBookBlackBehindsOpinionInfluenceFiguresUnionsClimateIronSovietCollapseSoviet UnionCurtainsHayekIron CurtainFriedrich Hayek Author:Milton Friedman