Quotes About Influence

I think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about.

I come from the Bronx, so I was exposed to every type of music you can think of.

I grew up one of three girls, and none of them were into comic books, so I wasn't exposed to that world.

My parents were involved in the record industry, so I was exposed to the arts very early.

I had been exposed to classical music my whole life; even before I was born.

When I was born, mom wasn't doing films at all, so I was never exposed that much to the world of acting.

Being from Delhi I have been exposed to Afghan culture.

As a kid, I got exposed to city government at an early age. I'm sure that rubbed off on me.

I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.

My exposure to Beckett and to late O'Neill was probably important right at the time I gave up poetry and the novel.

As you get a lot of exposure, a lot of people looking at you, you have to take it more so how you carry yourself, how people view you. You have to worry about your image.

I thank my dad for giving me a good exposure to comedy since childhood. He was a librarian and I would read a lot of comics.

I, for one, believe TV is something you can do without - it colours the way you look at things and people. It's not the best exposure for children, growing up.

Television really does give you tremendous exposure in America.

It is very important that you can express yourself, especially at half-time in a changing room, which is the crucial time for a manager.

Kendrick Lamar is from Compton, but his Compton and how he expresses that is completely different than NWA and Eazy-E even though they were from the same environment.

Money is a way of expressing no compromise.

The lack of exposure to right perspective has caused me to be in abusive relationships. When a boy stubbed cigarette on my leg, I thought it was out of love. You know why? Because our films taught us slapping in the face was a way of expressing love.

Because I express myself through the music, I want to be responsible in that expression and how it carries on well after I'm here. But that's just me.

Maybe my way of showing leadership is a little more expressive and people see more from me than other players but I think at the end of the day, you have to have 25 leaders in the team if you want to win something.

Kids are an extension of you and it is important to raise them well.

Actors may not realize the extent of their own power. Acting is creation. It's them bringing their own stuff, letting it marinate in their soul, in their creative engine.

When people bully us, we are complicit in it in some way. We do allow it to happen to some extent.

I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.