“By reason of its soporigous quality, lettuce ever was, and still continues the principal foundation of the universal tribe of Sallets, which is to cool and refresh, besides its other properties... including beneficial influences on morals, temperance, and chastity.” StillsReasonQualityMoralInfluenceFoodUniversalFoundationCookingPropertyIncludingCulinaryPrincipalTribesBeneficialChastityTemperanceLettuce Author:John Evelyn
“Susannah Heschel's The Aryan Jesus is a brilliant and erudite investigation of the convergence between major trends in German Protestantism and Nazi racial anti-Semitism. By concentrating on the history of the Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life, Heschel describes in forceful detail the Nazification of all aspects of Protestant theology, including the Aryanization of Jesus himself. This is a highly original and important contribution to our understanding of the Third Reich.” ImportantJesusUnderstandingReligiousStudyInfluenceMajorsAspectThirdsOriginalsIncludingDetailsBrilliantTheologyContributionTrendsInvestigationNaziInstituteProtestantsConcentratingAnti SemitismProtestantismReligious LifeConvergenceEruditeImportant Contributions Author:Saul Friedlander
“I'm still kind of a hapless character in my everyday life. But when it comes to the writing, my influences are very old influences. I love American music of absolutely all stripes, including show tunes, advertising jingles, theme tunes from quiz shows, all kinds of American music.” WritingKindStillsCharacterShowsInfluenceEverydayIncludingAll KindsAdvertisingThemeTunesEveryday LifeStripesAmerican MusicQuizJinglesShow TunesQuiz Show Author:Nick Lowe
“What makes Disney movies and Pixar movies always so good, hey take time and they're constantly honing, and tweaking, and rejiggering things, and taking influences from every cog, including myself, that can help. Any place where there can be inspiration. They make every moment very layered and very rich.” MomentsHelpingInspirationRichInfluenceIncludingHeyTake TimeCogsPixarHoning Author:Sarah Silverman
“The presence of many interacting influences, including the attainments of others, create further leeway in how one's performances and outcomes are cognitively appraised” InfluencePerformancesIncludingOutcomesAttainmentInteractingSelf Efficacy Author:Albert Bandura
“I think that covering a conflict that is personal, that influences your very own, your family, gives you some perspectives.As a journalist, when I fly in, I care about every place I go including conflicts.” ThinkingGivingCareInfluencePerspectiveConflictIncludingJournalistOur FamilyI CareCovering Author:Shaul Schwarz
“Theres a clear and strong connection between fertility reduction and womens literacy and empowerment, including womens gainful employment. If you look at the more than 300 districts of India, the strongest influences in explaining fertility variations are womens literacy and gainful economic employment.” IfsLooksStrongClearInfluenceEconomicEmpowermentConnectionsIndiaIncludingEmploymentStrongestLiteracyExplainingVariationReductionFertilityStrong Connection Author:Amartya Sen
“Of course, no matter how hard we try to be objective as reporters, our life experiences and personal circumstances influence our journalism, including the choice of topics we pursue.” TryingMatterHardChoicesCoursesOur LivesInfluenceCircumstancesIncludingObjectivesPursueJournalismLife ExperienceReportersTopics Author:Sheri Fink
“There were 16 people in the race, including a number of governors, and there's only one left. And I think that at the end we have to make sure that we have somebody that can go to that town, change that system, grow employment, change the whole way in which it works and ship power money and influence back to the states. So I'm optimistic about it.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksEndsStatesWholeLeftGrowsNumbersRaceInfluenceTownsIncludingShipsOptimisticEmploymentGovernors Author:John Kasich
“Chocolate is an extraordinary source of key stress-fighting minerals including: magnesium, iron, chromium, vanadium, copper, zinc, manganese, and phosphorus. These minerals favorably influence a woman's hormone system, which explains why chocolate has always been considered important for a woman's monthly cycle.” ImportantFightingInfluenceSourceKeysStressExtraordinaryIncludingIronCyclesChocolateHormonesMineralsCopperMagnesiumPhosphorusZincChromium Author:David Wolfe
“India deliberately aggravated Sri Lanka's ethnic crisis. It destabilized Sri Lanka [by training and arming Tamil militants, including the Tigers] so that it could play a dominant role in bringing Sri Lanka within its sphere of influence.” PlayRolesInfluenceTrainingIndiaCrisisIncludingSpheresDominantTigersSri LankaAggravatedSphere Of Influence Author:Velupillai Prabhakaran