Quotes About Influence

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

I'm sort of an osmotic fellow.

Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really become so much a clone of Faulkner. He did it better.

I have a lot of female fans.

You can, of course, be a sexy, strong female and be a good role model.

It's interesting that a lot of female artists want to collaborate with me.

A lot of females, they want to do the things that I do. Some females are so closed, but they want to be open. Some girls, they want to feel that power that I tell them that I have. I tell women that I have power over these men, that I use these men.

I came in the game in the era when Eve came in the game. We kind of came in together. I think she was a year or two before me. I worked with her. She's somebody that's a friend in the industry, especially when it comes to females.

You can be very feminine and be a leader. Christine Lagarde, she's very chic and she dresses very well, and she's a woman. And she has a lot of power.

Every time I watch a Clint Eastwood film, I'm in touch with my feminine side, I've developed a searing man-crush on Clint Eastwood.

If you're in control of everything, then no matter what it is, you can make that feminine.

I discovered the idea of feminism when I watched the film '10 Things I Hate About You.' It's a classic.

I think I'm always inspired by really, really funny, amazing women, but I'm also inspired by really funny, amazing men. I think there's more of a feminist voice, like with Amy Schumer being out right now, whom I adore.

Why am I not feminist? Maybe because I come from a country where my mother ruled my life. I never felt in any way that I couldn't achieve what I want.

I have never met a feminist who didn't have a father.

Playing a room, it's a real dictator-type situation - you can really move the crowd the way you want to. In a festival, there's a sea of people, and it's harder to lock in on any one group.

My kids that are grown up, in their 20s, they all go to festivals. They have to behave, though. When it comes to things like that it's do as I say, not do as I do.

You can think of all the things a Congress or a legislature does, and then you kind of overshadow that with the fact that a few people are going to make those decisions.

When I first started blogging, I kept it a secret from my friends and then started to show a few people, and it snowballed from there.

There are a few people who are waiting to see the end of MS Dhoni. But great players like him decide their own future.

You come across very few people in your life that really impact you.

It is not always important that you have dialogues. How you present your role depends on the director and the cameraman; the actor also has few things to do.

Higher levels of technology allow fewer people to do more damage.

In devoting more time and attention to fewer commitments, we can have a bigger impact on the things that matter most.