Quotes About Influence

I was in prison with pretty much the who's who of the jihadist and Islamist scene of Egypt at the time, and Egypt was the cradle of Islamism for the world - it's where it began and where jihadism began as well.

I had a lot of friends who were also football players. Some of them ended up in prison, some of them had injuries. I think of my group of friends, I am the only one who is a professional footballer.

Oh, what am I for the Frenchman or the Italian? A guy who was in prison, a revolutionary, somebody they once read something about in the newspaper - but not me.

The magistrate who originally sentenced Eric Cantona to prison said that millions of young people saw him as a role model and tried to copy his behaviour. I wonder if this is true.

From age 16 to 26, I literally became a man in prison so it was influential in shaping me.

People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your own world.

We are all prisoners of the ideas of the times we live in.

Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.

When the power of private prisons is diminished, so, too, is their ability to engage in back-door political lobbying that has an impact on public and private prisons alike.

In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.

As difficult as it can be to have your private life plastered all over the press and on social media every day, I guess the one plus side is that it is like a looking glass for other women to look in and relate to.

We feel that the government should not interfere too much in private sector.

If you leave government life for greener private sector pastures, why on earth do you still need to peep into the nether reaches of national secrets unless you're either addicted to preserving that special power or you plan on making sweet cash off your top secret stash?

Being the captain is a great privilege and a responsibility to lead a great group with different cultures.

Coaching's not a job, it's a privilege.

When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege.

Being a role model is a privilege.

I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege. That's not to say people don't make mistakes - we're all human. No one's perfect. I'm just going to be myself.

I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.

It's a great privilege to be asked to help the country - even if it occasionally comes with some degree of criticism.

We all know we're conditioned from music and television, so for us, we take great privilege in being role models, and having an impressionable audience its important for us to make sure what we're doing is in line with them.

Next to my family, it seems clear to me that the educational institutions and the teachers from whom I had the privilege of learning were especially important.

I do come from a place of privilege. But I have it, so what am I supposed to do now? I'd be the dumbest person on the planet if I didn't do anything about it.

It's special to me, a privilege being a role model. I take pride in being a good one.