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“I have not found my perspective on my career change. What I have found is that my life in general has been more fulfilling. To be able to influence an individual's life and on who they become as a person is a very rewarding feeling.”

Persons Has Beens Feelings Able Found Individual Careers Influence Perspective Fulfilling Career Change

Author:Phil Mickelson

“I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a great youth counselor does - they are there to talk to and lead by example - would be my mom, but she wasn't a youth counselor. She was a teacher, and she is a good person and definitely one of the biggest influences in my life.”

Persons Doe Would Be Roles Teacher Influence Example Youth Mom Models My Mom Role Models Good Person Counselor

Author:Carrie Underwood

“My principles, and those always received by the republicans, do not admit to removing any person from office merely for a difference of political opinion. Malversations in office, and the exerting of official influence to control the freedom of election are good causes for removal.”

Persons Political Causes Differences Opinion Principles Influence Republican Office Election Officials Removal Good Causes Political Opinions

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“The effectiveness of an inspired bishop, adviser, or teacher has very little to do with the outward trappings of power or an abundance of this world's goods. The leaders who have the most influence are usually those who set hearts afire with devotion to the truth, who make obedience to duty seem the essence of manhood, who transform some ordinary routine occurrence so that it becomes a vista where we see the person we aspire to be.”

“When two people meet, as long as there is any form of rapport maintained, the person with the most certainty will eventually influence ther other person.”

People Persons Long Two Form Influence Certainty Rapport

Author:Tony Robbins

“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.”

Persons Book Black Behinds Opinion Influence Figures Unions Climate Iron Soviet Collapse Soviet Union Curtains Hayek Iron Curtain Friedrich Hayek

Author:Milton Friedman

“Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What do I want this person to do that's different from what he or she is currently doing? If we ask only this first question, punishment may seem effective because the threat or exercise of punitive force may well influence the person's behavior. However, with the second question, it becomes evident that punishment isn't likely to work: What do I want this person's reasons to be for doing what I'm asking?”

Ifs Want Firsts Wells May Persons Two Different Reason Helping Seems Asks Force Influence Exercise Behavior Asking Threat Punishment Evident Unlikely

Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg

“Influence is the ability to move a person to a desired action.”

Persons Action Moving Ability Influence

Book:Adversaries into Allies: Win People Over Without Manipulation or Coercion

Source: Adversaries into Allies: Win People Over Without Manipulation or Coercion

“I want to see a more progressive Democratic ticket. I'm not happy with the Democratic Leadership Council's dominance of the party. And although I'm unlikely to be the person, I want Wisconsin's progressivism to influence the ticket. And we'll do better as a party if we do. We'll have more energy. We'll have a broader tent.”

Ifs Want Persons Energy Party Influence Democratic Progressive Tickets Council Unlikely Not Happy Dominance Tents Wisconsin Progressivism Democratic Leadership

Author:Russ Feingold

“There's something known as "memory conformity," also known as "social contagion of memory," which refers to a situation where one person's telling of a memory influences another person's account of that same experience.”

Persons Social Memories Situation Known Influence Accounts Conformity Contagion

Author:Rob Roberge

“Law is justice. And it is under the law of justice - under the reign of right; under the influence of liberty, safety, stability, and responsibility - that every person will attain his real worth and the true dignity of his being. It is only under this law of justice that mankind will achieve - slowly, no doubt, but certainly - God's design for the orderly and peaceful progress of humanity.”

Persons Real Law Humanity Peace Justice Responsibility Liberty Doubt Progress Influence Achieve Mankind Design Dignity Safety Peaceful No Doubt Stability Reign Orderly

Author:Frederic Bastiat

“I cannot accept concepts such as Gülenism or Gülenist. I was only a writer and an official preacher among people. I can have no direct influence on any person or activity. It is inconceivable that I can exert pressure on anybody.”

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Author:Fethullah Gulen

“Even when a person is frightened by threats into doing something, the threats work only because the person has an instinct of fear. If he has not, or if, though having it, it is under his own control, the threat has no more influence upon him than light has in causing a person to see who has no eyes.”

Ifs Persons Light Eye Influence Threat Instinct Frightened

Book:Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

Source: Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

“A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.”

Needs Persons Order Influence Adventure Companion Intervals New Places

Book:The Journals and Letters of the Little Locksmith

Source: The Journals and Letters of the Little Locksmith

“Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson. Unix was basically his, likewise C's predecessor, likewise much of the basis of Plan 9 (though Rob Pike was the real force in getting it together). And in the meantime Ken created the first computer chess master and pretty much rewrote the book on chess endgames. He is quite a phenomenon.”

Firsts Persons Book Real Together Force Careers Plans Influence Masters Computer Bases Chess Phenomenon Predecessors Endgame Unix

Author:Dennis Ritchie

“Along with John Hughes, he's probably the biggest influence. Would be awesome not only to meet him; he's one person I'd also definitely like to work with.”

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Author:Matthew Healy

“I guess I always like being asked questions about influence or inspiration, like, "What are you reading? Who are your heroes? Is there any one person you want to shout out to now?" I really love paying it forward with love and attention, because that's what I like to read.”

Want Persons Inspiration Reading Attention Influence Hero Shout Out Pay It Forward

Author:Zoe Kazan

“You know, sometimes a person's reputation can be far more colossal than the influence of the person. I don't pay any attention to it anymore.”

Knows Persons Sometimes Pay Attention Influence Reputation Colossal

Author:Bob Dylan

“[ Jonathan] Edwards is the person who really made theological determinism a serious option for Reformed thinkers, and the influence his views had in nineteenth century Reformed thought, in the USA and the UK in particular, is enormous.”

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Author:Oliver D. Crisp

“You say the character [of Leo Bloom] was meek and insecure, and you could've been describing me as well. I was a very shy person in those days, and working with Zero [Mostel], who was bigger than life, helped me grow. Zero was a strong influence on me.”

Wells Persons Character Strong Grows Influence Bigger Shy Zero Insecure Describing Meek Bigger Than Life Describe Me Shy Person

Author:Gene Wilder

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