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Pure, white rock 'n' roll, with no blues influence.

"Que No," Cafe's Tacvba latest single, has Sixties characteristics which we haven't done before, and "Matando" also has certain elements we hadn't come across. For me, it's difficult to say "it's this influence" or "it comes from there." Maybe it's easy for one to listen externally and identify influences.

Race and temperament go for much in influencing opinion.

Really, all things and persons are related to us, but according to our nature, they act on us not at once, but in succession, andwe are made aware of their presence one at a time. All persons, all things which we have known, are here present, and many more than we see; the world is full.

Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart.

Religion is the biggest influence on the intellect and the decadence of a people.

Religion is ... the most pernicious single influence in human society, without one redeeming feature.

Remember, this is back in the 1940s, and it was sculpture which probably - in my instance probably came out of the European influence, [Alexander] Archipenko and things of that sort, [Jacques] Lipchitz to a certain extent, and I was influenced by those things and attempted to do work that emulated their style.

Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to order.

Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind

Righteous women in their circle of influence, beginning in the home, can turn the world around.

Roberto Calasso's survey of the renewed interest in myth demonstrates how decisive the gods' influence was on modern literature. Calasso is not only immensely learned; he is one of the most original thinkers and writers we have today.

Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.

Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience.

Satan knows that the nature of humankind is to act out of how we feel rather than what we know. One of our most important defenses against satanic influence will be learning how to behave out of what we know is truth rather than what we feel.

Sebald, Naipaul, and Joyce are three of my biggest influences, all of them for their formal freedom and their ability to create mood. So those comparisons are immensely flattering and, of course, unearned.

[Sherlock Holmes] has to understand the world. That's very much John's [Watson] influence on him. But like a lot of the friendships and relationships in that world, it's born out of necessity. It makes him better. There's a pragmatism to it. It's not whimsical or sentimental. It's born out of necessity.

Seeing TVXQ's music and stage makes me feel touched, and they're a very good influence on us.

Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns.

Some events take a lifetime to reveal their damage and influence.

Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence neither speed up nor slow down add to nor diminish it is an imponderably valuable gift.

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start.

Societies are healthiest when their radius of trust is broad and when people feel they can influence their own fate.

Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety; it shows itself in acts rather than words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.

So as far as Serbia is concerned, it does not have the right to influence the privatization or to claim any property, because Kosovo is a former member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

So long as the serpent continues to crawl on the ground, the primary influence of woman will be indirect.

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their legacy lives on with the rest of us because we are so highly influenced by their experience and what they have given us.

Spiritual influence never coincided with material affluence.

Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole; But what were that intrinsic virtue worth, Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge, Fresh from St. Andrew's College, Should nail the conscious needle to the north?

Spend the rest of your life doing what God prepared you to do.

Strange is the influence of Marx on character.

Take advantage of this great opportunity in your life to live it well, to be good, to have good works, and to influence other people for good.

Surround yourself with positive people and positive influences.

Take Google - I can use it, you can use it, anyone else can use it, but we all know its designed so that private power can influence significantly how you access it.

Stuart Pearce will be a massive influence but we also need ten others to be massive influences

Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It's the biggest influence on everybody's life.

T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around.

[Ted Denson] is sort of a reluctant leader. He didn't try to flex his influence. He's just eminently followable.

The '90s period I just miss because it was such a great time and the music was just so electric. Everybody just had to bring their A-game back then because everybody that was, you know, a big influence...they were on the charts. I bring that era with me everywhere I go. I care about every word I sing. I care about every move I make on stage. I care about the fans. I bring that with me to the present time. And then, when you're timeless, you can work in any time.

That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

The ability to understand people is one of the greatest assets anyone can ever have.

The ability to connect and communicate is one of the most powerful, and you cannot find anyone who has been truly successful in life that doesn't have that ability because you've got to motivate, and you've got to -frankly, you have to influence.

The aim is to influence customers to use your product on their own, again and again without relying on overt calls to action such as ads or promotions.

The act of observing a quantum event probabalistically influences its outcome.

The actor's relationship to the crew is really a big dynamic that influences everything. When actors are assholes, it becomes problematic. When actors are great and sensitive and prepared, it makes a huge difference.

The Beatles had an influence on everybody. You have to realize what an incredible explosion the Beatles were.

[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.