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“Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is the authority, or that he possesses great moral dominion over others, yet it is spiritually unwarranted. By that point he loses steam; in result, he falsely begins trying to prove that unwarranted dominion by seizing the role of a condemner.”

Men Trying Believe Doe Fall Loses Results Moral Roles Influence Pride Prove Authority Dominion Steam Seizing

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.”

Thinking Important Born Roles Influence Color Couple Models Skins Males Strikes African American Role Models Skin Color Positive Role Model

Author:Omari Hardwick

“Our state of mind plays a major role in our day-to-day experiences as well as our physical and mental well-being. If a person has a calm and stable mind, this influences his or her attitude and behavior in relation to others. In other words, if someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance.”

Source: Path To Tranquility

“The art of British Columbia's native Indians played a big role in inspiring my creativity... the simplicity of the images, the graciousness of the lines and curves, and the emotional impact of the bright simple primary colours.”

Art Bigs Lines Simple Roles Creativity Influence Emotional Impact Simplicity British Primaries Colour Native Curves Columbia Graciousness British Columbia

Author:Joe Average

“When I commit to a role, I always tell myself that role is king. That's the Bible. If I start to judge my character, than it's going to influence my performance, and I don't want that. I want to find the truth in the character.”

Ifs Want Character Roles Influence Judging Kings Performances Commit

Author:Cuba Gooding, Jr.

“I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, "Do what I do." I think it's a little pretentious to say, "I'm a role model"; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.”

Thinking Way Trying Littles Roles Influence Models Role Models Pretentious

Author:Kim Kardashian

“A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual.”

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Author:Oscar de la Renta

“I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.”

Want Roles Influence Consistently Positive Influence

Author:Landon Donovan

“The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!”

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Author:Dante Hall

“I do it when I'm a preparing for a role quite a bit - I sit with music. It helps influence the discovery of something. Then sometimes during filming I like to listen to the same things. It brings me back to a place where I just feel more creative and focused.”

Feels Sometimes Helping Bits Roles Creative Influence Discovery Focused Preparing

Author:Rami Malek

“Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for their influence. Wisdom knows which role to fulfill at the proper time”

People Knows Roles Hell Influence Tolerance Servant Intimate Rulers Proper Time

Book:Dreaming with God: Co-Laboring with God for Cultural Transformation

Source: Dreaming with God: Co-Laboring with God for Cultural Transformation

“What you wear can largely govern your feelings and your emotions, and how you look influences the way people regard you. So fashion plays an important role on both the practical level and the aesthetic level of activity.”

People Way Looks Important Play Feelings Levels Emotion Roles Influence Fashion Activity Regard Practicals Aesthetic

Author:Rei Kawakubo

“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.”

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Author:Cate Blanchett

“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

“Our role as parents is to do all we can to create an atmosphere where our children can feel the influence of the Spirit and then help them recognize what they are feeling.”

Feels Children Helping Feelings Spirit Parent Roles Influence Our Children Atmosphere

Author:Cheryl A. Esplin

“In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them.”

World Trying Play Use Roles Destiny Influence Objects Trump Involved Active Cards Helpless Negotiation Our Destiny World Power

Author:Alija Izetbegovic

“I'd like to be more of a bad influence than a role model. I'm getting lots of boys to wear eye-liner again which is good.”

Eye Boys Roles Influence Models Role Models

Author:Brian Molko

“By declaring yourself a leader, you're taking initiative and moving into a role of influence in a lively and vital network that's changing the world. We're changing the world, first by changing ourselves and then by touching the world as changed beings. We believe the change in us catalyzes change in others. So in changing the world, we're choosing to be the change we wish to see in the world. By taking on this leadership role, you are choosing to be the change too.”

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Author:Neale Donald Walsch

“I recognise my responsibility, and it's funny when I read people who say they never asked to be a role model, and I understand that, but as soon as you have influence over people, you have a responsibility with what you do with that influence.”

People Responsibility Roles Influence Models Role Models Recognise

Author:Brooke Fraser

“The idea of "making art for art's sake" makes no sense for me. Each area of my life, all the roles I play, influences the others.”

Art Ideas Play Roles Influence Areas Sake

Author:Ben Sollee

“'m the second oldest of eight kids. I'd have to say, what inspires me is making sure my siblings have a good role model to look up to. Nowadays, influencers do anything to keep up with each other for attention, and it's not always something today's youth should mimic. I understand that with great influence comes great responsibility.”

“The popular idea of a role model implies that an adult's influence on a child is primarily occupational, and that all a black child needs is to see a black doctor, and then this child will think, "Oh, I can become a doctor too."”

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Author:Richard Rodriguez

“We went to South America on a trip and all I had was a Robert Johnson album. So that's a definite influence on the album. My bandmates John [Stanier, drummer] and Henry [Bogdan, bassist] were interested in expanding their roles as writers, so that had a positive impact on the record.”

America Roles Records Influence Impact South Albums Definite Expanding Johnson Drummer South America Positive Impact Bassists

Author:Page Hamilton

“I'm really curious as to the actual structure of the Emni [the intelligence unit that handles foreign attacks]. And Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the head of it. There are so few pictures of him. We don't even really know what he looks like. For somebody with this outsized influence projecting murder abroad, you'd think that we would know a lot more by now. And then the role of the hostages.”

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Author:Rukmini Maria Callimachi

“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.”

Play Roles Influence Training India Crisis Including Spheres Dominant Tigers Sri Lanka Aggravated Sphere Of Influence

Author:Velupillai Prabhakaran