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“I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy.”

Art Philosophy Together Interest Wife Influence Movement Students Mets Activity My Wife Theatre Sociology Art Music

Author:Paul Nurse

“The beauty of the landscape - where sand, water, reeds, birds, buildings, and people all somehow flowed together - has never left me.”

People Together Left Water Influence Building Bird Landscape Sand Reeds

Author:Zaha Hadid

“The essence of leadership is relationship; influencing people to achieve things together that can't be achieved alone.”

People Together Leadership Influence Achieve Essence Influencing People

Book:Summoned to Lead

Source: Summoned to Lead

“Not far from here, by a white sun, behind a green star, lived the Steelypips, illustrious, industrious, and they hadn't a care: no spats in their vats, no rules, no schools, no gloom, no evil influence of the moon, no trouble from matter or antimatter - for they had a machine, a dream of a machine, with springs and gears and perfect in every respect. And they lived with it, and on it, and under it, and inside it, for it was all they had - first they saved up all their atoms, then they put them all together, and if one didn't fit, why they chipped at it a bit, and everything was just fine.”

Source: The Cyberiad

“In cities men cannot be prevented from concerting together, and from awakening a mutual excitement which prompts sudden and passionate resolutions. Cities may be looked upon as large assemblies, of which all the inhabitants are members; their populace exercises a prodigious influence upon the magistrates, and frequently executes its own wishes without their intervention.”

Men May Together Wish Cities Influence Exercise Members Passionate Awakening Excitement Mutual Resolution Intervention Assembly Prompts Magistrates Prodigious

Book:Democracy in America

Source: Democracy in America

“The great interests of an agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing nation are so linked in union together that no permanent cause of prosperity to one of them can operate without extending its influence to the others. All these interests are alike under the protecting power of the legislative authority, and the duties of the representative bodies are to conciliate them in harmony together.”

Body Together Nations Causes Interest Influence Duty Authority Harmony Unions Prosperity Permanent Representatives Linked Manufacturing Extending

Book:John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids

Source: John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids

“If two stones were placed... near each other, and beyond the sphere of influence of a third cognate body, these stones, like two magnetic needles, would come together in the intermediate point, each approaching the other by a space proportional to the comparative mass of the other.”

Ifs Two Body Together Space Influence Mass Stones Thirds Spheres Needles Magnetic Sphere Of Influence

Author:Johannes Kepler

“If the religious leaders have influence, they will not permit girls and boys to wrestle together, as recently happened in Shiraz.”

Ifs Together Girl Religious Leader Boys Happened Influence Permit Boy And Girl Religious Leaders

Author:Ruhollah Khomeini

“It's probably hard for anyone looking at my landscapes today to realize that I was once regarded as a rebel, a dangerous influence; that I've been told I was on the verge of insanity, that my painting was nothing but meaningless daubs. Lawren Harris, the man most responsible for drawing the Group of Seven together, was accused of something perilously close to treason - his paintings, said his severest critics, were discouraging immigration.”

“Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that demand solutions. And that's what we have to change first. We have to change our politics, and come together around our common interests and concerns as Americans.”

Firsts Problem Bigs Together Interest Common Influence Demand Solutions Concern Bitter Partisans Big Problems Common Interests

Author:Barack Obama

“Since I'm doing so much science, I think the reason these ideas have occurred to me and not to other people in music is simply the influence that science plays in my life: working in laboratories, thinking of models, hypothesis, putting things together, trying to make sense of it all and so forth.”

People Thinking Trying Ideas Reason Play Together Influence Music Is Models Make Sense Hypothesis Laboratory

Author:Dave Soldier

“One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings, which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those, who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.”

Heart Together Party Opinion Too Much Influence Particular Ought Spring Aim Bounds Affection Aliens Burning Acquire Shields Misrepresentation Fraternal

Book:The Complete Works of George Washington: Military Journals, Rules of Civility, Writings on French and Indian War, Presidential Work, Inaugural Addresses, Messages to Congress, Letters & Biography

Source: The Complete Works of George Washington: Military Journals, Rules of Civility, Writings on French and Indian War, Presidential Work, Inaugural Addresses, Messages to Congress, Letters & Biography

“Thus does the Muse herself move men divinely inspired, and through them thus inspired a Chain hangs together of others inspired divinely likewise.”

Men Doe Together Moving Influence Inspired Chains Muse

Book:The Works of Plato: Philebus, Charmides, Laches, Menexenus, Hippias major, Hippias minor, Ion, First Alcibiades, Second Alcibiades, Theages, The rivals, Hipparchus. Minos, Clitopho, The epistles

Source: The Works of Plato: Philebus, Charmides, Laches, Menexenus, Hippias major, Hippias minor, Ion, First Alcibiades, Second Alcibiades, Theages, The rivals, Hipparchus. Minos, Clitopho, The epistles

“Religious superstitions more than all other influences put together cripple & enslave woman, but so long as women themselves do not see it & hug their chains, we have a great educational work to do.”

Long Together Religion Religious Influence Educational Chains Sexism Superstitions Hug Cripples Great Educational

Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“We learn the influence of our will from experience alone. And experience only teaches us, how one event constantly follows another; without instructing us in the secret connexion, which binds them together, and renders them inseparable.”

Together Secret Teach Influence Events Experience Inseparable Connexion

Book:An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Revision of Great Book

Source: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Revision of Great Book

“I think that what happens is that all of my modern influences blend together with the older soul influences and you get Mayer Hawthorne.”

Thinking Soul Happens Together Influence Modern Mayer Hawthorne

Author:Mayer Hawthorne

“Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world. Music and movies. That's what's exciting about what we do, the fact that it's so global. It brings people together. People don't have to understand the language to laugh at actors. They're going to laugh even though they don't understand what they're saying. Cause they're seeing it.”

People World Facts Together Actors Language Causes Laughing Seeing Influence Exciting Influencing People World Music

Author:Brett Ratner

“What I loved about [The Other Woman] movie was the same thing. It was three women who would never have come together for any other reason except that they had something in common which was this common cause, and that's really the feeling that I wanted this movie to have. It was a huge influence for it.”

Reason Feelings Wanted Together Three Causes Common Influence Huge

Author:Leslie Mann

“Information technology has brought people much closer together than ever before, providing a democratizing and mostly stabilizing influence.”

People Together Technology Influence Information Providing Information Technology

Author:Dan Quayle

“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

“So I was drawing in a lot of the habit district in Brazil, put that together with an Asian influence, so there are a lot of different things in terms of architecture which assisted in the construction. Then every sci-fi movie I've grown up with from 'Blade Runner' to 'Aliens' and 'Star Wars.'"”

Different War Together Stars Term Influence Habit Architecture Drawing Aliens Different Things Sci Fi Construction Runners Blades Asian Brazil Blade Runner Sci Fi Movie

Author:Len Wiseman

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”

Helping Motivational Together Success Successful Team Influence Succeed Impact Helping Others Working Together Teamwork Collaboration Cooperation Helping People Being Alone Road To Success Recipe For Success Team Building Service To Others Inspirational Team Determination And Success Best Team Think And Grow Rich Team Spirit Teamw Building A Team Cooperation Teamwork Will To Succeed Inspirational Teamwork Cooperation And Teamwork Team Member Ladder Of Success Helping Other People Motivational Teamwork Inspirational Team Building Importance Of Teamwork Leadership Teamwork Team Goal Team Work Inspirational Success Of Others Team Motivational Trying To Succeed Team Leadership Team Motivation Team Building Inspiration Teamwork And Leadership Helping Someone Team Collaboration Cooperation And Collaboration Team Management Others Helping You Team Work Motivational Inspiring Team Building Great Team Work Team Leader Teamwork In Business Team Success Funny Teamwork Teamwork Success Teamwork Athletic

Book:The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams

Source: The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams

“Historically the buffalo had more influence on man than all other Plains animals combined. It was life, food, raiment, and shelter to the Indians. The buffalo and the Plains Indians lived together, and together passed away. The year 1876 marks practically the end of both.”

Men Years Ends Together Animal Influence Mark Shelter Passed Away Buffalo

Book:The Great Plains

Source: The Great Plains

“Our society is not held together primarily by law and its enforcement but most importantly by those who voluntarily obey the unenforceable because of their internalized norms of righteous or correct behavior. Religious belief in right and wrong is a vital influence to produce such voluntary compliance by a large number of our citizens.”

Together Law Belief Religious Numbers Influence Produce Citizens Behavior Our Society Righteous Enforcement Norm Large Numbers Religious Belief Compliance

Author:Dallin H. Oaks

“When I first saw Destiny's Child, I was in the fifth grade, and it made me want to sing and make music and there would be these freestyles on the radio for what seemed like hours, it was just so cool to me. So all of these influences and these styles started to blend together. Eventually, that evolved into me finding the indie scene in Houston. When I was 19, I joined a rock band, and that's when I began to say, "Okay, this is something that I could take seriously."”

Want Firsts Children Made Would Be Together Hours Destiny Saws Influence Rocks Style Scene Band Findings Okay Radio Grades Fifth Houston Rock Bands Freestyle Fifth Grade

Author:Lizzo

“Under the sustaining influence of love, the physical body is always at its best. It is probably true that more people are sick from lack of love in their lives than from all other causes put together.”

People Body Together Causes Influence Sick Sustaining Physical Body Lack Of Love

Author:Eric Butterworth

“I like people like Ani DiFranco, a band called Elbow, of course John Lennon, George Harrison, Barry White. I have a lot of different influences and hopefully they all come together and make some sense.”

People Different Together Courses White Influence Band Hopefully Elbows Lennon

Author:Billy Boyd

“My main influence are the other members of the Royal Art Lodge, we've drawn together enough that we can't help but influence each other.”

Art Enough Helping Together Influence Members Royal Lodges Drawn Together

Author:Marcel Dzama

“Because of my comedic-influence growing up, Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin… A lot of Jeff comedic-influences included Charlie Chaplin and physical comedians of the silent-era. What we were able to do together is to show all these major influences but make it into our own comedy. We've seen the stereotypical boy-meets-girl story a hundred thousand times…”

Stories Shows Able Together Girl Boys Growing Up Comedy Growing Influence Thousand Majors Hundred Silent Eras Comedian Charlie Brooks Comedic Chaplin Boy Meets Girl

Author:J. Robert Spencer

“The interesting thing for me is to put together all my influences and all my experiences I got through my traveling with my father.”

Together Father Interesting Influence Interesting Things

Author:Rokia Traore

“Latin, as we all know, ultimately broke down into Spanish, Italian, French, and so on. One wonders whether there will be an imperial parallel with English breaking down into, shall we say, North American, European, Australian, and so on. On the other hand, there is this immense, inward-driving influence of radio and television that is bringing us all back together. One could say it's a fight between the two: a fight between regionalism and the standardization through communication.”

“But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can live in peace, freedom and prosperity. In a world which is growing closer together all the time, we can only survive and influence the rules if we join forces. We will miss the presence of the United Kingdom at this table.”

People Ifs World Country Together Force United Growing Influence Missing Europe Tables Prosperity Kingdoms Compromise Best Things United Kingdom Forging

Author:Jean-Claude Juncker

“It's an issue that Democrats and Republicans seem to come together on, the over-influence of money in politics and in power.”

Seems Together Issues Influence Republican Democrat Money In Politics

Author:Andrew Gillum

“I had a lot of classical influences. I had classical music and opera and literature, but I also liked sleaze. And putting it together, sleaze and glamour, it just made sense to me.”

Made Together Literature Influence Opera Glamour Classical Music Sleazes

Author:Rick Owens

“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