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“I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar.”

“We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these day-care centers, which seems to me to be money very wisely spent, and also under consideration of the tax bill, that we can consider the needs of the working mothers, and both of these will be very helpful, and I would like to lobby in their behalf.”

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Author:John F. Kennedy

“It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential.”

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Book:Course of popular lectures; with 3 addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789

Source: Course of popular lectures; with 3 addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789

“But as my brother was doing his research for a book about my father, it became his opinion that the most influential anti-semitism my father encountered when he was growing up was from Jews, because his relatives were German Jews, and doctors.”

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Author:Tobias Wolff

“There was a time, from 1935-1946, when teenagers and young adults danced to jazz-orientated bands. When jazz orchestras dominated pop charts and when influential clarinettists were household names. This was the swing era.”

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Author:Scott Yanow

“Could it be that my circle is largely black and that it is why I am influential in black circles but not in white circles?”

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Author:Louis Farrakhan

“If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this. The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going, and I think they should.”

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Author:Jim Moran

“Even if you have a brain predisposed to liberalism, you might end up with some conservative friends or find inspiring conservative role models who could be very influential on you, and that could send you down a different track in life.”

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Author:Jonathan Haidt

“Suicide was such a formative band for me, so influential in the development of my taste. They're one of those bands that operated in absolute isolation for so long that they developed a completely unique world view.”

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Author:Steve Albini

“If feminism wasn't powerful, if feminism wasn't influential, people wouldn't spend so much time putting it down.”

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Author:Jessica Valenti

“In the world of comics, Jack Kirby and Will Eisner may have been more influential artists, but Joe Kubert was its most influential man. Even if he were to be remembered solely for his body of illustration work, he’d still be one of the greats, but by opening the Kubert School in 1976, he was able to personally mentor and educate literally thousands of successful artists who owe their careers to his teachings.”

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Author:Mark Waid

“You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can establish such an obligation upon any part of the American people. My country owes me no debt. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope. My whole life has taught me what America means. I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay.”

Source: The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover, 1928

“For decades, community colleges have been the backbone of American workforce training. Because they are nimble and closely attuned to local community needs, they are inherently positioned to be influential leaders of the movement for a sustainable economy.”

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Author:Ed Begley, Jr.

“The most influential thing was the two Chris Rock specials that came out when I was in high school. I was obsessed with that stuff.”

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Author:Aziz Ansari

“Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired.”

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Author:Greg Bear

“Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party.”

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Author:Richard V. Allen

“You have to look also to the media, where you have a vast majority of the loudest and most influential political voices in America media from people who came from the entertainment world.”

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Author:Ben Affleck

“Paul Bearer was very influential in the early stages of my career. He constantly hounded me and I just think he realized the potential that was there. He convinced me that I was in the right place and doing the right thing.”

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Author:John Cena

“I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.”

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Author:Kat Dennings

“The 16th-century theatre witnessed the particularly English manifestation of 'the history play.' There can be no doubt that Shakespeare's presentations of 'Henry V' and 'Richard III' have been incalculably more influential than any more sober historical study.”

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Author:Peter Ackroyd

“What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.”

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Author:Fatou Bensouda

“During times like these, the wise are influential.”

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Book:Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now

Source: Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now

“The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.”

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Book:The House: Its Origins and Evolution

Source: The House: Its Origins and Evolution

“Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.”

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Author:Jessica Hagedorn

“I've had a lot of really influential people in my life, like my grandmother MJ, who have helped me along the way. But there are so many of us girls in my family, and even though they're all so open and honest, who I seek advice from depends on what aspect of life I'm dealing with.”

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Author:Khloe Kardashian

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