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  • I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of. -- Dashiell Hammett
  • Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history. -- Michael Scheuer
  • I'm trying to be like the old Roc- A-Fella and Bad Boy, influencing people culturally but having hits at the same time. -- Hit-Boy
  • I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters. -- John Ratzenberger
  • If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force. -- Auberon Herbert
  • If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things. -- Nick Cave
  • I influenced the BG style by not being able to draw perspective. The BG artists developed cool graphic painting styles to make my bad backgrounds look like they were that way on purpose. -- John Kricfalusi
  • As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next. -- Rachel Cusk
  • I understand the importance of political power, so I will use my strength and influence to convince as many people as I can within the party and outside the party that a Palestinian state is bad news for Israel. -- Danny Danon
  • Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we have to be careful with the way we handle people because what we're doing is making an impact. -- Ernie Harwell
  • It seems like pop singing has sort of influenced musical theatre in so many ways - you could argue good or bad, really - and musical theatre is written for that style so often, which is a completely different style. -- Julian Ovenden
  • James and the Giant Peach' magnificently starts out Dahl's career as a blithe and droll Bad Uncle corrupter and affirmer of youth. Its influence can be subsequently traced down the decades in everything from Maurice Sendak to Lemony Snicket to J. K. Rowling. -- Paul Di Filippo
  • A lot of EDM is not bad at all when it's simple, but a lot of it is not really musical. That's just what I really like to do: taking what I had at the beginning, which is classical and jazz influences, and putting it into electro. -- Zedd
  • The gospel of Jesus Christ encompasses much more than avoiding, overcoming, and being cleansed from sin and the bad influences in our lives; it also essentially entails doing good, being good, and becoming better. Repenting of our sins and seeking forgiveness are spiritually necessary, and we must always do so. -- David A. Bednar
  • I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing. -- Sally Hawkins
  • When I was a kid, there were some people around me who were a bad influence. When I met my girlfriend Sofia, who is now my wife, I think it all changed. She was very important for me, because she steered me back on to the path I wanted to be on. -- Luis Suarez
  • There are so many bad influences out there. I don't care if a kid is rich or poor, if he lives in a million-dollar house or the ghetto, he is going to find some sick things on the street. And if we don't clean it up soon, we're all going to pay the price. -- Warren Moon
  • I know myself - I cannot just play a cliche. It has to be a character; it has to be written with the complexity of the human being behind. Could be bad, could be good, could be someone we would hate, but still, I need a reason for that influence, and I need to understand why. -- Hiam Abbass
  • Bad writers have influences. Good writers steal. -- S.M. Stirling
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