“I try not to make any boundaries. I try to let all art influence me.” TryingArtInfluenceBoundaries Author:Joseph Trapanese
“What I'm trying to do is to influence all the people I can influence. All those who are still under the dream and just put a big question mark in their mind. The acid dream is over, that is what I'm trying to tell them.” PeopleTryingMindStillsI CanDreamBigsInfluenceMarkAcidBig QuestionsQuestion Mark Author:John Lennon
“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.” WorldTryingPlayUseRolesDestinyInfluenceObjectsTrumpInvolvedActiveCardsHelplessNegotiationOur DestinyWorld Power Author:Alija Izetbegovic
“What we were trying very hard to do, just in the way we shot it, was to make it feel as if we're in that environment ourselves, just so we can get a grasp on what it is. A lot of our influence was about getting stuck on a level on any of those video games, where you find yourself caught and you can't get out, and it's maddening. We talked a lot about that.” IfsWayFeelsTryingHardGamesLevelsEnvironmentInfluenceShotsCaughtStuckVideoFinding Yourself Author:Remi Aubuchon
“Method acting has had a major influence both in writing through the eyes of other people, and seeing through the eyes of other people, trying to address different ideas in a way that would go beyond preaching to the choir.” PeopleWayWritingTryingIdeasDifferentEyeActingSeeingInfluenceMajorsMethodAddressesPreachingChoirThrough The EyesDifferent IdeasMethod ActingPreaching To The Choir Author:Jello Biafra
“It's hard to say. Whenever you play with a group of people for a long time it influences the way that you play with others. They were all very defining in their own way and all affected the band in one way or another. I don't think they are so obvious in the music. The fact is that The Lawrence Arms is the culmination of a long search of trying to find people who play well as a unit.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingWellsLongHardPlayFactsGroupsInfluenceArmsBandLong TimeObviousOne WayAffectedUnitsDefiningCulmination Author:Chris McCaughan
“I am not trying to influence anyone into black magic. That is the very last thing I'd want to do.” WantTryingLastsBlackMagicInfluenceBlack Magic Author:J. K. Rowling
“In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.” PeopleTryingLyingPurposeLosesInfluencePleaseSpheresSphere Of Influence Author:Epictetus
“Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for good the minds and hearts of individual people through dialogue and confidence building. These efforts must be reinforced by our efforts to create just structures in society to support the ongoing work of negotiations in the human community. Only then will we have a chance to negate the terrible consequences of the tremendous conflicts facing humankind today.” PeopleTryingMindHumansHeartTodayIndividualCommunityChanceLevelsEffortSupportInfluenceBuildingTerribleConflictConsequenceHatredStructureDialogueIndifferenceHumankindIntoleranceNegotiationHeart And MindOngoingConfidence Building Author:Nelson Mandela
“I think the biggest influence for me is when I hear a great piece of music, whatever the style, I'm kind of inspired by that greatness and I'm inspired to try and obtain something that comes close to that greatness.” ThinkingTryingKindPiecesInfluenceStyleGreatnessInspired Author:Paul Weller
“When I go and write with other artists - a lot of the time it's with them - it's like a therapy session almost. I ask them what they're listening to and what they're going through and what their influences are and I try to get inside of their head and step into their shoes for a second.” WritingTryingArtistAsksStepsInfluenceListeningShoesTherapySession Author:Bonnie McKee
“I have removed a lot of negative influence in my life and try to surround myself with positive people. I have a much more simple life than the old days.” PeopleTryingSimpleInfluenceNegativeSurroundSimple LifeOld DaysPositive PeopleNegative Influence Author:Matt Sorum
“Kenneth Rexroth took me under his wing for a brief period. I was fifteen years old, and I was smoking a lot of heroin and trying to be cool, man, and I really loved poetry. And Kenneth convinced me that destroying myself was not really the best possible solution, and that I needed to look at the world's literature, and not just my own life, in order to be hip, if you will. So he had a huge influence on what became of me thereafter.” IfsMenWorldTryingYearsLooksOrderLiteratureMy OwnInfluenceHugeNeededPeriodsSolutionsWingsConvincedHipsSmokingDestroyingFifteenMy Own LifeHeroinBeing CoolFifteen YearsKennethFifteen Years Old Author:Sam Hamill
“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
“If we were to normalize relations right now, we would remove one of the biggest pieces of leverage we have to try to influence and change Iranian behavior.” IfsTryingPiecesInfluenceRight NowBehaviorRelationRemoveIranian Author:Hillary Clinton
“I don't want everybody to try to sound like something; I think that God has given us each unique talents and passions. The things that come out of me will be different than my neighbor, because I have a totally different set of relationships, totally different set influences and personality traits.” ThinkingWantTryingDifferentPassionGivenSoundInfluenceTalentPersonalityUniqueNeighborTraitsLike SomethingPersonality TraitsUnique TalentsTalent And Passion Author:Michael Gungor
“There's such a stigma around girls' periods, and women's sexuality - girls can't speak out for themselves or be who they want to be. I think that coming from the social platform that I have, I try to be a positive influence, and this was something that I felt needed to be seen and heard.” ThinkingWantTryingGirlSpeakSocialFeltHeardInfluenceNeededPeriodsSexualityPlatformsStigmaSpeaks OutPositive Influence Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“What's interesting is the populace movement of fundamentalism is starting to mirror that approach that elite fundamentalism has long had of trying to have influence across the political spectrum.” TryingLongPoliticalInterestingInfluenceMovementApproachMirrorsStartingElitesFundamentalismSpectrumPolitical Spectrum Author:Jeff Sharlet
“I always lived in a multilingual society (Polish-Ukrainian, German-Ukrainian, English-Ukrainian), and was open to outside linguistic influences. I think it was within three years of coming to the US that I started writing in English, although purely for myself, not trying to get it published. Living in America, I was constantly in touch with English, and Ukrainian was for me a private language.” ThinkingWritingTryingYearsAmericaThreeLanguageInfluenceThree YearsPolishUkrainian Author:Yuriy Tarnawsky
“Joyous Sound evolved from a gospel influence. Actually it evolved out of sitting at a piano and just picking out a riff, a gospel type riff. It just seemed to come joyously-something about the song, about living in another place of joyous sounds. I'm not quite sure-that's one I'm trying to analyze. It just came out.” TryingSongSoundInfluenceTypeSittingPianoJoyous Author:Van Morrison
“Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton is focusing on a different part of the voters trying to influence them in her own way as well; so they attack each other [with Donald Trump].” WayTryingWellsDifferentInfluenceTrumpClintonVoters Author:Vladimir Putin
“I think that the world will continue trying to grapple with the climate problem, no matter who is U.S. president. But I think that, depending on who that president is, it can have a significant influence on the trajectory.” ThinkingWorldTryingMatterProblemPresidentInfluenceClimateSignificantTrajectory Author:Chris Mooney
“Even heads of our own security agency said, you know, we need to take a deep breath on this. This really doesn't seem to be happening [that Russians are trying to influence American domestic politics ].” KnowsNeedsTryingSaidSeemsInfluenceSecurityHappeningsBreathsAgencyDeep BreathTake A Deep Breath Author:Jill Stein
“Of course there are influences, of course there are things that are inspiring, but it's weird to think that I'm trying to keep a mental inventory of them and report them clearly to whomever might ask.” ThinkingTryingMightCoursesAsksInfluenceReportsInventory Author:Emily Haines
“Nobody that I know really likes the feeling of having no power and not being able to influence people. But most of us aren't too conscious of what we are trying to do and get that control and that power so people end up sort of playing all kinds of unconscious manipulative games or they're sort of half aware, they have an idea of a strategy or goal they want to use and they think about it. But then in the heat of the moment, it kind of all flies out the window.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingKindIdeasEndsMomentsUseFeelingsAbleGamesGoalHalfInfluenceConsciousWindowStrategyLikesAll KindsHeatUnconsciousManipulativeInfluencing PeopleHeat Of The Moment Author:Robert Greene
“I try to influence this improvisation in two ways. One is by centering on reflections, in both senses of the word: acoustic reflections as well as visual reflections from a mirror or surface, and then reflecting on the material in a contemplative way. The other influence is listening to the tails of the sounds that you make.” WayTryingWellsTwoSoundInfluenceMaterialsListeningReflectionMirrorsSurfaceSensesVisualsTailsReflectingTwo WaysImprovisationAcousticsContemplativeCentering Author:Pauline Oliveros
“We all, we all good people just trying to escape the negative influence that come around us and that's the story of my life, you know? Trying my best to get around the ills and I bumped my head a few times but I think, you know, music is my savior for right now, for me and my whole group.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingWholeStoriesGroupsInfluenceRight NowMusic IsNegativeSaviorGood PeopleStory Of My LifeNegative Influence Author:Kendrick Lamar